Brussels, 30/07/2001 (Agence Europe) - The Belgian Presidency made, on behalf of the European Union, the following declaration: "The EU attached vital importance to the development of democracy in Belarus, a participant State in the OSCE, which has entered into important commitments in this respect. The EU would therefore like the forthcoming presidential elections to be held in Belarus on 9 September 2001 to be free and fair. It is essential, in its view, that the elections and the...