Latvia and other NATO candidate countries express solidarity with the USA [13 Sep 2001]

On 12 September 2001, in Brussels, a session of the Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council took place, where the NATO member and partner countries discussed the situation that has emerged as a result of the terrorist attacks in the USA.

The Ambassador of Lithuania to NATO Ms Ginte Damusyte read out a statement on behalf of 10 NATO candidate countries, voicing strong condemnation of the barbaric terrorist attacks against the USA and expressing condolences to the relatives of the victims. The statement also expresses solidarity with the United States of America and confirms full support as well as readiness to fight against terrorism together with the USA and NATO countries, for the perpetrators of these terrorist attacks should not go unpunished.

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