13 September 2001, 11:31 EU foreign ministers promise aid to help 'punish' terrorists
BRUSSELS (AFX) - EU Foreign Ministers promised to help the US
identify and "punish" those behind terrorist attacks in New York and
Washington.
"We will spare no effort to help identify, bring to justice and
punish those responsible," EU foreign ministers said in a statement
after an emergency meeting.
"There will be no safe haven for terrorists and their sponsors,"
they said.
The statement expressed the council's "horror at yesterday's
terrorist attacks in the United States" and stressed the EU's "complete
solidarity with the government of the United States and its people at
this terrible time and extended its deepest sympathy to all the victims
and their families.
"These horrendous acts are an attack not only on the United States
but against humanity itself, and the values and freedoms we all share."
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