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I have just voted in favour of Mr Romeva i Rueda’s report. We Europeans have committed ourselves to making a contribution to global peace and security through arms limitations and disarmament. We attach high priority to strict controls on arms exports.
There is not the least reason to lift the arms embargo on the People’s Republic of China merely because Member States have an interest in developing their lucrative trading relationships with it.
When the Council, in 1989, imposed by unanimous vote the embargo in response to the massacre in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square, it was quite right to do so. How, then, is it to be annulled now? Has China perhaps ratified the UN Covenant on Political and Civil Rights? Has it amended its constitution to extend civil rights? Have torture and the death penalty been abolished? Have political prisoners been given fair trials? Are Tibetans being allowed to practise their religion, or enjoy their cultural activities? Have Uigurs and Mongols gained more rights? Despite reforms in recent years, China is a long way from meeting the standards of the rule of law.
The EU must, as a matter of urgent necessity, keep in place its restrictions on the sale of weapons to the Chinese. No longer must the EU-China dialogue treat human rights as marginal – they deserve to be given pride of place."@en1
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