
Sommaire: March 10, 2005: Declaration by the Presidency on behalf of the European Union on recent events in Bolivia (Brussels)
The European Union is pleased to see the unanimous support of the Bolivian Congress for President Carlos Mesa and welcomes the fact that constitutional order has been maintained.
The European Union appreciates the majority support of Congress for the programme of joint commitments with the Presidency of the Republic and hopes that that programme can take firm shape in a future constituent assembly.
The European Union welcomes the Government's and Congress's joint intention of establishing a dialogue to promote economic development and to reach an agreement which will guarantee domestic stability. In this connection, the European Union calls on all the political players and on civil society to contribute to constructive, lasting solutions to the challenges facing Bolivia.
The Acceding Countries Bulgaria and Romania, the Candidate Countries Turkey and Croatia[1], the Countries of the Stabilisation and Association Process and potential candidates Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Serbia and Montenegro, and the EFTA countries Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway, members of the European Economic Area, align themselves with this declaration.
[1] Croatia continues to be part of the Stabilisation and Association Process.
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