Brussels, 25/07/2001 (Agence Europe) - Belgian Foreign Minister Louis Michel met, on Wednesday, on the fringe of the Regional ASEAN Forum in Hanoi, officials of the Timor government, Mr Sergio Viera de Mello, and UN special representative and administrator for Timor, Mâ Xanana Gusmayo and Jose Ramos Horta. The meeting provided an opportunity for the EU to restate its support to the East Timor independence process. Elections will be held in East Timor for the first time on 30 August, said the minister's spokesman, cited by the Belga Agency. He continued: "the European Union will continue to support East Timor after its independence foreseen during 2002. EU financial aid will continue and be completed by the sending of experts responsible for setting the structures of the new State in place".