Brussels, 19/04/2002 (Agence Europe) - The Spanish Presidency issued the following statement on 17 April on behalf of the EU:
"The European Union is concerned at the deterioration of the situation in Madagascar and condemns the outbreaks of violence and the human rights violations which have recently occurred there. The EU reiterates the urgent need for the senior Malagasy figures concerned to seize the opportunity afforded by their presence in Dakar to resume the dialogue under the aegis...