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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8026

13 August 2001
(eu) eu/iran
EU hopes to strengthen ties with President Khatami's Iran

Brussels, 13/08/2001 (Agence Europe) - In a declaration on behalf of the European Union, on Friday, the Belgian Presidency congratulated Iranian President Khatami on the occasion of his swearing in before the Iranian Parliament, on 8 August. The EU hopes that Mr. Khatami's second term-of-office, thanks to the "massive support" of the electors in the Presidential elections, "will consolidate the process of democratisation and freedom, and the reinforcement of the rule of law". In Iran. The...