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"Mr President, too often after a terrorist atrocity blame focuses on the authorities concerned. We have heard something of that this morning. Since the Beslan tragedy we have heard blame being put on the Russian authorities, either because of their own actions in Chechnya or because of their sheer technical incompetence in terms of handling a terrorist situation. But we should not be distracted from the simple observation that the only people really responsible for terrorism, for the horrors of Beslan, are the perpetrators – the terrorists themselves. No cause, whether it is the separation or autonomy of Chechnya, no injury, even brutal acts by Russian security forces – nothing justifies the mass murder of children and their mothers. Sadly, the Beslan attack will not be the last.
What is to be done? We do not have just a humane interest in the security and stability of Russia and her increasingly important southern reaches, but a selfish interest as well. We all want to see security and stability in the Caucasus and an end to the spiral of terrorism where we see endemic banditry and distorted nationalisms now fed by Islamic extremism. This is a dangerous mixture that threatens us all. The Russian authorities should not be too proud to seek assistance, which is needed on several levels.
In terms of counter-terrorism that expertise does not rest within the EU as such. I do not entirely dismiss all EU actions in relation to terrorism. Closer cooperation between our police and security services is important. Controls of terrorist finance need joint efforts, but too much effort is focused on empowering the EU and extending its competence into new areas. I do not share Mr Bot's enthusiasm for the European arrest warrant, for example.
Expertise rests in countries such as the United Kingdom and Spain. Certainly, Russia should be calling on that sort of expertise. The inability of the Russian authorities to deal with the Beslan situation reveals many worrying and enduring problems that seem to be deeply embedded in the Russian state. If the EU has anything to offer, it should be a single-minded condemnation of terrorism, together with humanitarian and reconstruction assistance. Russia has to recognise who her real friends are."@en1
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