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"Mr President, Baroness Ashton, thank you very much for your assessment of the situation in Syria and your continuous monitoring of that situation.
In simple terms, I agree with most of what Mr Arlacchi has just said.
It is easy for us to be shocked, and so we ought to be, by the scenes of murder, mass murder or massacre, rather, of children and women in Syria. Nevertheless, reason dictates that we need to ask who is doing this and why are they doing it. In whose interests are they doing it? Who stands to benefit and who to lose from this?
We need to pursue a policy that will take us forward, towards peace and reconciliation. Reconciliation will not be served by a new wave of violence, a military intervention or a hasty and too radical assessment of the situation.
I think that the massacres should be investigated and that we need to identify, accurately and objectively, who is responsible for them and in whose interest they are being carried out – which is what you emphasised in your communication a few days ago.
I believe that the European Union should remain level-headed, take realistic action and, in so doing, increase its influence and reputation in the world."@en1
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