Daarom wil ik u vragen hoe het is gesteld met de onderhandelingen over de partnerschapsovereenkomst met die twee landen en dus met de politieke betrekkingen. Die kwestie valt onder uw bevoegdheid. ###>That is why I would like to ask you what you are actually able to do within your own sphere of competence, how the negotiations with regard to the partnership agreement with these two countries are going, that is, with regard to political relations that is.