Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2004-10-27-Speech-3-126"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2004-10-27"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Result of the referendum and elections in Belarus2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20041027.8.3-126"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2004-10-27-Speech-3-1272
lpv:speaker	lp:Nicolaï2
lpv:spoken text	". Mr President, I very much agree with all those who made critical remarks about the situation and expressed concern about developments. I also agree with those who said it is important to try to find ways to improve the situation, especially by direct contact with civil society. I will reply on one issue, which was mentioned by Mr Wiersma, Mr Szymański, Mrs Andrikienė and others: namely Russia and the role that we and Russia could play. We regularly discuss with Russia the situation in Belarus. It is an important country for Russia and for the EU. Unfortunately, the Russian and EU approaches to improving the situation in Belarus differ. Russia understands EU concern about the human rights situation in general and about more specific issues such as the situation of the media and the closure of the European Humanities University. However, the Russians think that democratic change can best be promoted by involving Belarus more in the international community. As I tried to explain before, our approaches are really different, but you can be sure that where possible we are working with Russia on this important issue and trying to do what we can."@en1
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Council"1 "Nicolaï,"1

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