World leaders have
expressed concern over multiple blasts that rocked Brussels airport and metro
station on Tuesday morning, killing no fewer than 22 people.
Two blasts hit Brussels
airport and another hit a metro station close to the European Union headquarters.
British Prime Minister,
David Cameron, in London expressed displeasure at the blasts and promised that
Britain would do everything they could to help.
Russian President,
Vladimir Putin, strongly condemned the explosions in Brussels and assured the Belgian
people of solidarity in times of difficulty.
Kremlin spokesman,
Dmitry Peskov, said Putin has already sent and expressed condolences to Belgium
in connection with the death of civilians in a series of explosions in
Brussels.
Swedish Prime Minister,
Stefan Lofven, also described the blasts as an attack against European
democracy.
He said in a statement
``we will never accept that terrorists attack our open societies.’’
Danish Prime Minister,
Lars Loekke Rasmussen, also denounced the explosions as a ``despicable
attack’’, saying that his thoughts were with the victims and their families.
The chief of the NATO
military alliance, whose headquarters are about 5 kilometres away from the
Brussels airport, said the killings were ``an attack on our values and on our
open societies.’’
NATO Secretary General,
Jens Stoltenberg, said in a statement that terrorism would not defeat democracy
and take away the freedoms.
He said the NATO
headquarters security alert has also been increased.
French President,
Francois Hollande, held an emergency meeting with top ministers, including
Prime Minister Manuel Valls and Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian.
``We are faced with a
global threat.
``The war against
terrorism must be conducted across Europe,’’ he said.
- Xinhua/NAN
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