Brussels, 05/03/2002 (Agence Europe) - On 27 February, the Presidency made a statement in which the EU welcomes "the signature of the formal cease-fire agreement between the Government of Sri Lanka and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), as announced on February 22 by the Norwegian Minister of Foreign Affairs, agreement that is a first step towards ending the armed conflict that the people of Sri Lanka have been suffering for 19 years." "The EU trusts that the cease-fire agreement...