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"Mr President, this is a time of significant change in the Middle East. I will briefly discuss three points: Changes are afoot in Egypt with the forthcoming presidential elections. I would like them to be clean, to take place without incident, and for the parties and society to accept the results. I would certainly have liked the Egyptian authorities to have invited European observers. Egypt is a key country in the Arab world. It is important for a multi-party system to be consolidated there in which the prosperity and freedoms of the Egyptian people are the main objective. Living together in tolerance, rather than radicalism or polarisation, will allow all Egyptians to exercise freedoms, including religious freedom. What are your hopes, Baroness Ashton, for these elections?
In Israel, I would like the broader base of the new government to favour the opening of negotiations with the Palestinians, but I am sceptical about the launching of negotiations this year due to the continuing problem of the settlements, which you referred to along with the regional and international context, including the electoral outlook in the United States. Another reason I am sceptical is the way that Israel is focusing on the Iranian nuclear programme. However, I do not think that the deadlock is helping anyone. I do not think that the changes that have taken place in the region are going to provide Israel with a more favourable context in future for resuming the negotiations.
I will end by discussing Syria. Unfortunately, ladies and gentlemen, things are not improving there, as has already been stated. Kofi Annan’s plan is not succeeding. The violence is only increasing, and is even seriously affecting children, and Kofi Annan’s plan is not supporting the opposition. I am afraid that President al-Assad’s government thinks that it can crush the revolution by force, and that in the end, the international community will accept it. It is essential that Russia and China place more pressure on the Syrian authorities to change their attitude. I would like you to tell us, Baroness Ashton, whether, at the recent summit with Russia at the weekend, you were able to glean whether there is any desire in Moscow to adjust its position."@en1
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