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International
Community Condemns
RIA Novosti BRUSSELS, 17 May 2003 -Walter Schwimmer, Secretary General of the Council of Europe, has condemned the acts of terror in Morocco's largest city, Casablanca, that have claimed lives of dozens of people. "These infamous acts have been committed by people having no respect for the basic values of the civilized world," Walter Schwimmer says in a special statement issued in Strasbourg. He points out that he expresses his deep indignation on behalf of the Council of Europe's 45 member states. Walter Schwimmer expressed his deep condolences to the victims' relatives and friends. The official spokesman for Iran's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Khamid Reza Asefi, has also condemned the terrorist attacks in Casablanca and expressed condolences to the relatives of all those killed and injured in the act, the press service of Iran's Ministry of Foreign Affairs reports. "This act of terror contravenes the Word of Allah, the Islamic tradition and all human norms," Asefi said. The high-ranking Iranian diplomat stressed that the terrorist attack was an outpouring of spite and cruelty and could not be justified by anything. "There is no logic behind this act of terror, it defies any rational explanation," the official spokesman for Iran's Ministry of Foreign Affairs added in conclusion. |