The European Union welcomes the holding of free elections on 28 May 2006 and extends its warm congratulations to President Alvaro Uribe Velez on his clear victory and his second mandate as President of Colombia.
The European Union is confident that President Uribe’s second mandate will allow the Colombian Government to continue its efforts to establish the rule of law throughout the country and to continue its fight against terrorism, illicit drug production and trafficking. The European Union reaffirms its solidarity with the Colombian people. It calls upon all illegal armed groups to sincerely engage in the search for a negotiated solution to the internal armed conflict. In the meanwhile, the European Union stresses again the necessity to reach a humanitarian agreement.
The European Union reaffirms its commitment to continue its excellent relations with Colombia and to further enhance political dialogue, trade relations and economic links in particular within the framework of regional cooperation with the Andean countries. It will continue its full support for the democratic, economic and social development and the return to peace in Colombia.
The Acceding Countries Bulgaria and Romania, 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, Serbia and Montenegro, and the EFTA countries Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway, members of the European Economic Area, as well as Ukraine and the Republic of Moldova 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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