There is an idea of democracy produced by one-sided thinking.

But the Western countries that link their partnership with the poorest countries with respect for democracy also have to consider that they have obligations towards these countries.

For about ten years now, the struggle for democracy and the respect of human rights has been in the focus point - if not a commodity - of political groups aiming to rise to power.

It is important to prevent criminals capable of such inhuman behavior from taking advantage of this misery to justify their terrible acts.

In spite of our poverty and our economic dependence, we do not have to give in, neither because we are sometimes abandoned nor because of the wish of some nations to impose their economic or political models.

Instead of ideological objectives of a political nature, today we are faced with ideological objectives of economic nature.