During the visit by Chinese Premier Mr Wen Jiabao and his entourage to Belgium, we would like to make the following statement to Mr Wen Jiabao and the Belgian Prime Minister Mr Guy Verhofstadt, as well as to the Belgian and Chinese people:

• We welcome the Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao’s visit to Belgium;
• We welcome good relations between the people of Belgium and China;
• We hope that the Belgian Prime Minister will make use of this opportunity to express clearly to Mr. Wen Jiabao and the Chinese people, the great concern of the Belgian government and its people towards the persecution of Falun Gong in China;
• We hope Premier Wen Jiabao will treat bringing an end to the persecution of Falun Gong and the trial of the culprits in this persecution as the top mission in the Chinese Government's agenda.