12/04/2011 Session
At the opening of this morning’s sitting, members of the Assembly stood for a minute of silence in memory of the victims of yesterday’s terrorist attack in Minsk. PACE President Mevlüt Çavusoglu declared: “On behalf of the Assembly, I would like to condemn most strongly what appears to be a terrorist act which happened yesterday evening in the Minsk Underground. The explosion, which has already taken the lives of at least 11 people and injured many others, is a barbarous act which is completely incompatible with the values and principles this Assembly stands for. I would like to express our deepest sympathies to the families of the victims and convey our greatest solidarity to those injured and their families.”