EU foreign ministers just had a meeting with their Central Asian collegues to discuss security cooperation and gas related projects. The importance of cooperation in the energy field was stressed, which is not surprising in light of the recent political developments in the region. However, the meeting does raise serious questions about EU's real commitment to human rights when faced with current reality. At the time of the meeting Reporters Without Borders held a demonstration.
Curiously, human rights and abuses were not even mentioned by Solana or Ferrero-Waldner, who made speeches following the meeting. On the contrary, it was almost implied that the Central Asian countries are close to EU in their values and commitment to human rights. This raises the question how committed is the EU to those rights if they are so quickly sold for energy...
Curious and curioser, said Alice in Wonderland...
posted by Emilia.kk @ 6:13 PM
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