Brussels, 09/10/2003 (Agence Europe) - On 8 October, the Italian Presidency made the following declaration on behalf of the European Union: "The EU has taken note of the holding of presidential elections in Chechnya on 5 October 2003 and of its preliminary results. The EU and Russia in their joint statement at the Summit in St. Petersburg on 31 May 2003 expressed the hope that the recently started political process as well as the economic and social reconstruction would lead to the...