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lpv:speaker	lp:Jaromír Kohlíček2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Delegation to the EU-Ukraine Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 member; TRAN (2012-01-19--2014-06-30)3 unknown; Komunistická strana Čech a Moravy (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Kazakhstan, EU-Kyrgyzstan and EU-Uzbekistan Parliamentary Cooperation Committees, and for relations with Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Mongolia (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 member; EUL/NGL (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 substitute; AFET (2012-01-19--2014-06-30)3
lpv:translated text	". Madam President, geographically speaking, the south Caucasus forms part of Europe. Judging by the motions for resolutions so far discussed in the European Parliament, including the one being discussed right now, most of my colleagues clearly do not understand that this involves relationships that are different from those in Western Europe. It is a fact that Bertha von Suttner, a great campaigner for world peace and the peaceful resolution of conflicts, found asylum in that country in the second half of the 19th century. It is also a fact that the infamous Joseph Stalin came from there. The south Caucasus is noted for its long-standing huge tangle of peoples and ethnicities. The great powers have always been involved there, whether it be Russia, Persia, Turkey or some of the present-day states of the European Union. Georgian brandy is renowned for its quality and Georgians for their warmth, and they are to be congratulated on their democratic elections. However, it has to be borne in mind that we are a long way to the east. Families stay together more than in Western Europe and family clans are far more involved in the political scene. I take some of the injudicious wording of the motion for a European Parliament resolution to be a continuation of pronounced anti-Russian feelings. Indeed, this is nothing new in European Union policies relating to the Caucasus. I believe that the sentence ‘...territories of South Ossetia and Abkhazia are still occupied’ is quite unacceptable. The authors are also pushing for an ‘independent’ Kosovo, which is not a good calling card for these giants of European Union foreign policy. It is time to stop the self-righteousness and double standards, and to promote normal bilateral relations with the new Georgian Government. This resolution certainly raises questions as to the seriousness of attempts at cooperation with the Russian Federation to resolve the situation not only in Georgia, but throughout the south Caucasus. It is time to get rid of colonial nostalgia and to begin to regard neighbours of the European Union as proper partners. For these reasons, the Confederal Group of the European United Left – Nordic Green Left cannot support this resolution."@en1
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