12. Stresses the importance of cooperation with Russia in the field of energy; reiterates, in the same time, that progress in forging closing relations should be coupled with the improvement of rule of law and democratic standards in Russia; calls on the Council and Commission to make sure that the principles of Energy Charter Treaty become an integral part of the new Partnership and Cooperation Agreement; points out that EU should treat diversification of energy resources as its main priority and put all possible effort into finalize projects like Nabucco or AGRI; reminds in this regard that diversification means finding alternative ...[+++] countries outside the EU of oil and gas, and not alternative routes of transporting them from Russia; calls on EU not to apply double standards in relations with Russia such as exemption from part of the Third Energy Package regulations;

15. Welcomes the Declaration on Good-Neighbourly Relations signed by the Transitional Administration of Afghanistan and the governments of China, Iran, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan in Kabul on 22 December 2002, and calls on the governments of Afghanistan's neighbouring countries to cooperate unreservedly, so as to entirely dismantle the remaining terrorist networks constructed by Al-Qa'ida and the Taliban forces;

11. Welcomes the Declaration on Good-Neighbourly Relations signed by the Transitional Administration of Afghanistan and the Governments of China, Iran, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan in Kabul on 22 December 2002, and calls on the governments of the countries neighbouring Afghanistan to cooperate unreservedly to totally dismantle the remaining terrorist networks constructed by Al‑Qa’ida and the Taliban forces;

3. Calls on the governments of the countries neighbouring Afghanistan to co-operate unreservedly to totally dismantle the remaining terrorist networks constructed by Al‑Qa’ida and the Taliban forces;

28. Notes that the continuing development of the Battle Groups will address the first deficiency in large measure; notes that the planned construction of the A400 M transport aircraft will not resolve the second deficiency completely and urges that measures be taken to address the deficiency further; urges, nonetheless, that consideration be given to establishing a rotation scheme for the deployment of forces; demands, in view of a rotation scheme of this kind, common standards in training, for instance as regards helicopters; con ...[+++]siders that operational capability could be increased and costs reduced by a joint training system; urges strongly, as regards the final deficiency, that measures be taken to enable the EU to conduct missions requiring the assistance of military forces without recourse to NATO or to any single Member State's resources; points out that such measures could realistically entail the pooling of existing resources and capabilities within the Member States with the goal of establishing a dual-use communications base or network at the service of the ESDP;

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