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"Mr President, allow me to start by congratulating our colleague, Marietje Schaake, on her approach to producing this report.
In December 2011 the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy actually came to this House to present her strategic review of human rights in the world. Clearly, that set a direction which is being followed here.
In that debate, I raised the question of a particular geographical area where a multitude of human rights abuses were taking place, and it struck me that it was a case of double standards as the High Representative had not once mentioned that area in her address. She accepted this up to a point and said she understood what I was saying and that she would speak to me about it, although she did not want to answer from the floor of the House.
I reminded her in February 2012 of that commitment, and some 18 months later I really do believe I could be forgiven for taking the view that Kashmir is possibly regarded as too inconvenient an issue. However, the intolerable situation in Kashmir will one day catch us off guard, unprepared – and when that time comes, its people will remind us of our double standards and our silence.
Of course, we currently have ongoing negotiations on the EU-India Free Trade Agreement, and I would like to ask Mr Lambrinidis what he intends to do in terms of those negotiations with the portfolio that he holds."@en1
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