Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2011-07-06-Speech-3-559-000"

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dcterms:Date	"2011-07-06"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Preparations for the Russian State Duma elections in December (debate)2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20110706.26.3-559-000"2
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lpv:speaker	lp:Catherine Ashton2
lpv:translated text	"Madam President, honourable Members, thank you again. I found that a very interesting and stimulating debate. As we think about how to address some of the areas of concern that honourable Members have quite rightly raised, I just want to make three very straightforward points. First of all, we have to continue to articulate our expectations to Russia as far as free and fair elections are concerned, and we will recall the international commitments that Russia has taken in this regard. I think it is very important as we move towards the elections that we continue to send that strong message: that we want to see these elections be fair and free; that we want to see the international commitments fully followed. Secondly, we want as well to offer our election observation. I said earlier that consultations between Russia and OSCE/ODIHR are ongoing; they seem keen to cooperate. I hope that will happen and that this will also help in the light of some of the comments that honourable Members have made about the need to look at the long-term nature of observation. Thirdly, we also need, and again Members made this clear, to make sure that at the level of the modernisation partnership, we are working closely to help support that process. We currently have 16 bilateral partnerships, and these look at issues like foreign investment, know-how and technology, as well as the rule of law of modern democratic institutions and civil society involvement. Because I think it is also clear from what honourable Members have said that we want to send a very clear message to the people of Russia that we are a supportive friend, that we want to see progress, we want to see modernisation and we want also to be a source of inspiration when it comes to the democratic values we hold and our absolute passion for human rights."@en1
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Catherine Ashton,"1 "Vice-President of the Commission/High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy."1
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