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"I endorse the principles of the resolution on the EU-Russia Summit. We should talk about the questions of the unresolved conflicts in Moldova, Georgia and Nagorno-Karabakh. Russian activity in these regions is making stabilisation of the situation and a peaceful resolution impossible. Another very important question is the matter of energy sources and the costs which will be borne by EU Member States when paying Russia for them. A resolution to the question of the ban on imports of vegetables from the EU to the Russian market is urgent. In the summer period, its financial effects on producers are colossal.
I do not agree, however, with paragraph 17 of the resolution, which attacks Russia for not giving gay and lesbian people the right to marry or adopt children, and neither do I agree with the condemnation of Russia for blocking the gay pride march. Granting such rights should be a sovereign matter for each country. Ways of life, traditions and models which are socially acceptable in some EU Member States are foreign to Russia. So the European Union, which respects the cultural traditions of Russians, should not put pressure on Moscow on this matter, and should leave the questions of the rights of sexual minorities to marry and adopt children in the hands of national legislation."@en1
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