The European Union remains concerned at the internal situation in the Republic of Fiji and in particular on reports of detentions perpetrated by Fijian authorities concerning an alleged plot against members of the Fiji Interim Government.
In this context, the Presidency of the European Union:
- urges the interim Government to ensure that the Rule of Law is upheld and that due legal process is followed;
- notes with concern the alleged abuses perpetrated by the Military and Police on those arrested on suspicion of plotting to overthrow the government. The EU calls on the Interim Government of Fiji to respect the human rights of everyone in Fiji;
- urges the Interim Government of Fiji to conduct a full investigation into these alleged human rights abuses in line with its commitments to the EU made in Brussels on 18 April, as part of the consultations under Article 96 of the ACP-EU Partnership Agreement.
The Candidate Countries Turkey, Croatia* and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia*, the Countries of the Stabilisation and Association Process and potential candidates Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Serbia, and the EFTA countries Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway, members of the European Economic Area, as well as Ukraine, the Republic of Moldova, Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia align themselves
with this declaration.
* Croatia and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia continue to be part of the Stabilisation and Association Process.