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lpv:document identification number	"en.20120612.20.2-448-000"2
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lpv:speaker	lp:Elmar Brok2
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lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Baroness Ashton, ladies and gentlemen, it is right that we have highlighted the dreadful human rights situation in Syria and that we have expressed the fear that the conflict there could turn into a civil war. I believe that it already is a civil war. The attacks on the civilian population and on women and children are absolutely unbearable. However, we should be aware that we need a policy which enables us to isolate Assad from his own people. We must make it clear not to him, but to his followers, that he has no future. This is always what is needed to ensure that a system implodes. The specific task and the responsibility of China and Russia lie in this area. They must make their position clearer, so that Assad does not believe that he has a refuge there and that he can continue to hold out as he has been doing. It must be made obvious to his followers that they should distance themselves from him if they want to have a future, so that a peaceful solution can be reached within Syria, which is not possible with Assad in place. However, I also think that Qatar, Saudi Arabia and many other Arab countries have a specific responsibility in this area. They are obviously supplying weapons and selectively funding the opposition, as they did during the elections in Egypt, with the aim of encouraging the Islamisation of the country. It is essential that we make countries like Saudi Arabia and Qatar, which always presents itself in an official context as a liberal state, publicly aware of their responsibilities, that we no longer accept the game that they are playing, that they take a specific responsibility in this area and that, in this way, we enable the Arab League to play a more effective role. In other words, we must involve the United Nations, China and Russia in order to achieve our first objective and make it clear that Qatar, Saudi Arabia and other countries have a responsibility. If we in the West decide to take military action, we must understand that the situation is quite different from that in Libya, both in terms of the population and the country’s geography. However, we should also make it clear that the rights of minorities must be safeguarded under all circumstances. The Christians in Syria are worried because they feel threatened by some parts of the opposition. We need to take this into account if we are to find a sensible solution."@en1
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