Sumario: 21 September 2007, Brussels - The European Union welcomes the peaceful, orderly and transparent electoral process which has followed the Presidential Run-Off elections of 8 September, leading to the announcement of the final election results on 17 September. The EU congratulates His Excellency Ernest Bai Koroma upon his election as President of Sierra Leone and expresses its sincere wishes for future close cooperation and strengthened political dialogue between the new Government and the EU.
Furthermore the EU expresses its gratitude and admiration for the strong democratic commitment shown by the people of Sierra Leone during the entire electoral process. In this context the EU wishes to highlight the positive role played by key Sierra Leonean institutions, and in particular the National Electoral Commission (NEC).
The EU will be closely engaged in promoting a peaceful and prosperous future for Sierra Leone and its people.
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, Azerbaijan 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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