Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2006-11-29-Speech-3-065"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2006-11-29"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Russia-EU summit (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"fi"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20061129.13.3-065"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2006-11-29-Speech-3-0662
lpv:speaker	lp:Paavo Väyrynen2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; REGI (2004-07-22--2007-01-14)3 vice-chair; Delegation to the EU-Bulgaria Joint Parliamentary Committee (2004-09-20--2006-12-31)3 member_of_the_bureau; ALDE (2004-07-20--2007-04-18)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (2004-09-15--2007-04-18)3 unknown; Suomen Keskusta (2004-07-20--2007-04-18)3 member; AFET (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, a new atmosphere of cooperation has emerged between the European Union and Russia in recent months: the Spirit of Lahti, as it was called after the informal summit in the autumn. Furthermore, it was in this selfsame spirit that we were able to bring off the recent EU-Russia Summit. A feature of the Spirit of Lahti is the ability to deal with difficult matters openly. There were also frank discussions in Lahti and Helsinki on questions of human rights and democracy. At the summit meeting in Helsinki, agreement was hampered by a row which prevented the recommencement of talks on the new partnership agreement. The parties might nevertheless have realised that they could work together on the basis of the current agreement, which is still in force for the time being. Talks on the new partnership agreement must get under way as soon as possible. New ideas on how to improve cooperation, on the other hand, can be generated on the basis of the current agreement. There was a positive outcome at the Summit in two important areas. First, payments for Siberian overflights will gradually start to be reduced, and they will be phased out entirely by 2013. Next, agreements between the EU, Russia, Norway and Iceland on the Northern Dimension were signed while the Summit was being held. Thus, in the north we reached a new agreement which will provide a framework for cooperation in the four ‘spaces’ which the EU and Russia have agreed on establishing. Lorry queues on the border between the EU and Russia were discussed. Discussions on this have been taking place today at talks between the Finnish and Russian Prime Ministers in Moscow. The problem is that checks on the Russian side can be carried out by as many as seven officials. Now that number is being dropped to two, and border checks will be speeded up in other ways too. In any case, we need a quick solution to this urgent problem."@en1

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