Charles Flanagan (Laois-Offaly, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I thank Ambassador Filatov for that opening address. With his assent, I propose to open the meeting to our members to pose questions and make comments and observations. Given the high level of interest in the ambassador's statement, and with his consent, I will group the contributions of several members together and then come back to the ambassador for his response. I will continue the process in that manner. I call Deputy Cowen, who will be followed by Deputy Brady and Senator Joe O'Reilly.