As AFET's draftsman on the Interim Agreement - and rapporteur on the forthcoming PCA - I repeat the recommendation made by my predecessor, basing my judgement on the new willingness shown by the Turkmen side to engage with the EU in a dialogue on several issues, including individual human rights cases, and a strongly-held view that, by isolating Turkmenistan even further than it is already, the possibility of democratisation and improvements in human rights will be made much more remote.
As AFET's draftsman on the Interim Agreement - and rapporteur on the forthcoming PCA - I repeat the recommendation made by my predecessor, basing my judgement on the new willingness shown by the Turkmen side to engage with the EU in a dialogue on several issues, including individual human rights cases, and a strongly-held view that, by isolating Turkmenistan even further than it is already, the possibility of democratisation and improvements in human rights will be made much more remote.