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"en.20111117.17.4-337-000"2
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"This report offers a blinkered view of the problems between Russia and Georgia, still focusing on the 2008 conflict, and of the territorial dispute and sovereignty issue as regards South Ossetia and Abkhazia. It attempts to formulate a political justification for taking sides in order to continue to defend the economic and geopolitical interests of the EU in the Caucasus region.
As on other occasions in other parts of the globe, here, too, the issue is the affirmation of these interests with a view to securing energy supplies as well as access to major resources in the region as a whole. That is why the conclusion of this agreement is important. The majority in Parliament would like to go further and open the door to negotiations on a Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area eliminating all barriers to big business from the EU and Georgia. It is in light of these interests that we are to understand support for and, at the same time, interference in the internal affairs of Georgia. These interests will also help to explain and to understand the various inconsistencies, contradictions and hypocritical stances. The EU in this case puts itself forward as a defender of international law and of the sovereignty and territorial integrity of countries even though it has promoted and supported – and continues to support – processes of secession in Europe and in other regions of the world. Kosovo is a case in point."@en1
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