Timor-Leste: EU Presidency Declaration on legislative elections

The EU commends the Timorese authorities, in particular the Technical Secretariat for Electoral Administration and the National Election Commission, for having organized the polling in a smooth and efficient way despite the logistics involved and the difficult terrain.

The EU further acknowledges that collective international efforts in East Timor, in particular those of UNMIT, have contributed decisively for securing the electoral environment which led to the success of the elections. The importance that the EU attaches to the democratic process in Timor-Leste is underlined by the fact that the EU has again dispatched an Election Observation Mission, composed of 36 observers from 19 EU Member States.

The EU Member States and the European Commission remain fully committed to support Timor-Leste to address the difficult challenges ahead; to rebuild the security sector, to re-establish the rule of law and to guarantee the socio-economic development of the population of Timor-Leste in a peaceful and stable environment.

The Candidate Countries Turkey, Croatia* and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia*, the Countries of the Stabilisation and Association Process and potential candidates Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Serbia, and the EFTA countries Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway, members of the European Economic Area, as well as Ukraine, the Republic of Moldova, Armenia and Georgia align themselves with this declaration.


* Croatia and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia continue to be part of the Stabilisation and Association Process.

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