1. The EU welcomes the conference of Iraq's Neighbouring Countries with international participation (including the EU Troika) which took place in Sharm El Sheikh on 4 May 2007. The EU would like to thank the Government of Egypt for hosting this conference.
2. The international community, and in particular the States in the region, have a responsibility to support and promote the difficult process of national reconciliation and stabilisation in Iraq, and to prevent any outside interference that could undermine this process. The EU expresses its hope that the conference will give rise to a long-term process of regional confidence building through dialogue and co-operation. The EU stands ready to contribute actively to this endeavour.
3. The EU reaffirms its support for a secure, stable, democratic, prosperous, and unified Iraq and reiterates its commitment to the independence, sovereignty, unity and territorial integrity of the country. .It reiterates its support for the democratically elected Government of Iraq and for its efforts to promote national reconciliation and rule of law, to restore public order, , to further economic reconstruction and to engage Iraq's neighbouring states and the International Community.
4. The EU condemns in the strongest terms all acts of terrorism and politically motivated or sectarian attacks against the Iraqi population.
