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"en.20121026.3.5-049-000"2
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"Madam President, the odds were heavily stacked against it, but we had a peaceful transition of power. It happened, we should welcome it, and we should congratulate Mr Ivanishvili and his government on assuming office. His commitment to an early visit to Brussels, and his appointment of Alex Petriashvili as European Affairs Minister, suggests we can be confident in the government’s European intentions and must look forward to progress towards an association agreement, a free trade agreement and visa-free travel, and new efforts in the Geneva international discussions.
But let us not underestimate or forget how bad things had become: the reports of the international election observers about harassment and intimidation during the campaign; the regular reports from Amnesty International about the situation in Georgia; and those horrific prison torture videos that came out. Only time will tell whether Mr Saakashvili’s acceptance of defeat was a virtuous bow to democratic values, or a tactical retreat under international pressure, as Tedo Japaridze has suggested. The Foreign Affairs Council stressed the importance of an effective political opposition and a vibrant civil society and of supporting capacity-building. I think they might start by deploring the tone and the language of the speech by the Member of the Georgian Parliament Giorgi Gabashvili in the debate yesterday."@en1
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