COUNCIL OF

THE EUROPEAN UNION

 

Brussels, 28 February 2008

S090/08

 

Javier SOLANA, EU High Representative for the CFSP, welcomes the political agreement reached in Kenya

 

Javier SOLANA, EU High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP),

issued a statement this evening welcoming the agreement reached by the President of Kenya, Mwai

KIBAKI, and the opposition leader, Raila ODINGA:

“This is a particularly important agreement that will enable Kenya to return to stability and

prosperity and will also have a positive impact throughout the region.

I am pleased that the parties in Kenya have been able to put compromise, moderation and the

fundamental interests of the Kenyan people first. I encourage them to pursue their negotiations on

the outstanding issues in the same spirit.

I pay tribute in particular to Kofi ANNAN, to the panel of eminent persons and to the President of

Tanzania, Jakaya KIKWETE, who is also the President of the African Union, without whom this

agreement would not have been possible.”

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