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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2012-04-17"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Negotiations of the EU-Azerbaijan association agreement - Negotiations of the EU-Armenia association agreement (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"pl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20120417.19.2-217-500"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2012-04-17-Speech-2-217-7502
lpv:speaker	lp:Valdemar Tomaševski2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; AGRI (2012-01-19--2014-06-30)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the United States (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 unknown; Lietuvos lenkų rinkimų akcija (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 member; Delegation to the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 member; LIBE (2012-01-19--2014-06-30)3 member_of_the_bureau; PECH (2009-07-16--2014-06-30)3 vice-chair; Delegation for relations with Belarus (2009-09-30--2014-06-30)3
lpv:translated text	"The Eastern Partnership is an excellent tool for strengthening relations with countries that have European aspirations. Armenia is a good example of this. This country, with a history reaching back to ancient times, is one of the most distant centres of European culture and civilisation. For this reason, an association agreement between the European Union and Armenia seems to be a natural process to strengthen bilateral relations. The difficult and tangled nature of the region’s history, with many tragic undertones, should not affect the vision that we have for future cooperation. Instead of criticising – where the criticism often stems from a failure to understand ethnic and historical interdependence in the Caucasus – the European Union should focus on providing multilateral assistance to Armenia so that this country can, in the foreseeable future, implement European standards that will enable it to form an association with the EU. The right way to achieve this objective is to increase active participation by Armenia in multilateral parliamentary cooperation as part of the Euronest Assembly. This would be a good example of involvement in European values and principles, which are shared by most of Armenian society. The announcements by the Armenian authorities of democratic, transparent and free elections that are to take place there in May of this year should be treated as a gesture of goodwill and an expression of that country’s European ambitions. Union authorities should be tasked with strengthening this attitude and showing that decisions are being taken and challenges are being overcome that are bringing the goal, which is to return Armenia to the European fold, ever closer."@en1

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