Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2008-01-16-Speech-3-471"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2008-01-16"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:A more effective EU policy for the South Caucasus - A Black Sea Regional Policy Approach (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"it"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20080116.19.3-471"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2008-01-16-Speech-3-4722
lpv:speaker	lp:Alessandro Battilocchio2
lpv:spokenAs	member; PETI (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 substitute; AGRI (2007-11-28--2009-07-13)3 unknown; Partito Socialista Nuovo PSI (2004-07-20--2008-02-18)3 member; PES (2007-10-24--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with Afghanistan (2007-11-28--2009-07-13)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Armenia, EU-Azerbaijan and EU-Georgia Parliamentary Cooperation Committees (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with Australia and New Zealand (2007-11-28--2009-07-13)3 member; DEVE (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3
lpv:translated text	"Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, I would like to thank the rapporteurs for their comprehensive and well-structured reports, and I would like to talk briefly about one aspect. In Georgia we have had the elections, confirmed as regular by the OSCE but challenged by Russia, in which outgoing President Saakashvili was re-elected. Amid countless difficulties he attempted to bring democracy to the country, dismantling the old post-Soviet diplomacy and opening up to the West, NATO and the EU. It was this opening up that caused the retaliation by Putin’s Russia, which, amongst other things, has always favoured the independence movements in South Ossetia and Abkhazia. Apart from the geopolitical situation, however, another cause of friction with Russia is, objectively, the oil and gas pipelines in Georgian territory, designed to carry Azerbaijan’s oil and gas westwards. I believe that in the Caucasus region which, as we should bear in mind, is affected by the insidious war between Armenia and Azerbaijan, the Chechen issue, the conflict between Turkey and Armenia and many other problems, having a democratic country which is our ally and, above all, offers an alternative energy source to Moscow, is a factor of strategic importance. We should therefore take concrete steps to strengthen this synergy."@en1

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