Brussels, 20/05/2005 (Agence Europe) - In a declaration published on 19 May on behalf of the European Union, the Luxembourg Presidency 'takes note of recent developments in Côte d'Ivoire and commends the role played by the African Union and South Africa's President Thabo Mbeki, whose decisive action resulted in the remobilisation of the main Ivorian players' (see Europe No. 8950 on the meeting between the EU Troika and ECOWAS). The declaration continues: 'The European Union welcomes the...