European Parliament resolution on the preparations for the EU-Russia
The European Parliament ,
H. whereas the EU and Russia could and should together play an active role in establishing peace and stability on the European continent, in particular in the common neighbourhood, and work together to achieve a peaceful settlement under international law of the conflicts between Russia and Georgia and its breakaway regions South Ossetia and Abkhazia and those in Nagorno-Karabakh and Transnistria; whereas Russia should fully respect its neighbouring countries' right to political and economic self-determination,
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18. Calls on the Council and Commission to pursue joint initiatives with the Russian Government aimed at strengthening security and stability in the world and, in particular, in the common neighbourhood and at achieving a peaceful settlement under international law of the conflicts in Nagorno-Karabakh and Transnistria and, above all, that between Russia and Georgia and its breakaway regions South Ossetia and Abkhazia;
19. Welcomes, in this context, the achievements of the European Union Monitoring Mission (EUMM), which has demonstrated the EU's willingness and ability to act resolutely to promote peace and stability and helped to create the necessary conditions for the implementation of the ceasefire agreements of 12 August and 8 September 2008; reiterates its commitment to Georgia's territorial integrity and calls on all the parties fully to honour their commitments; points out that EUMM has a country-wide mandate and calls for it to be granted unhindered access to Abkhazia and South Ossetia, which it has so far been denied; reaffirms its full commitment to the Geneva talks and the continued co-chairmanship of this forum by the EU, the UN and the OSCE;
12 November, 2009.
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