Fru formand, vi føler os meget beroligede efter kommissær Ferrero-Waldners redegørelse, hvori hun bekræfter, at EU fortsat vil yde sit bidrag til fredsdividenderne, forståelsen, fordrageligheden og forsoningen i Afghanistan, dette så hårdt plagede land.
Firstly, on her positive and active commitment to the cause of democratic consolidation in Afghanistan; secondly, on having rightly sent an election observation mission to that country, which is experiencing very difficult circumstances.