EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
Delegation for Relations with the United States
- The Chairman -
Washington, DC, 11 September 2001
The Honorable Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations
Committee
United States Senate
Washington, DC 20510
Transmitted by fax: 202-224-0139
Dear Senator Biden,
The members of the European Parliament delegation for relations with
the United States of America and myself are shocked and horrified by the
terrorist attacks in New York and Washington.
I wish to express to you personally and to the members of the US Senate
Foreign Relations Committee our deepest sympathy for the innocent victims
of these attacks.
The European Parliament has repeatedly condemned in the strongest
possible terms such appalling acts and I wish to assure you of our
determination to stand by the USA in combating terrorism.
I would also like to inform you that the European Parliament delegation
is ready to participate in any event that may demonstrate our common
resolve to continue working together in promoting peace, security and
prosperity in the world.
Yours sincerely,
Imelda Read
STATEMENT BY
MS. IMELDA READ,
CHAIRMAN OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT DELEGATION
FOR RELATIONS WITH THE USA
Washington, D.C., September 11, 2001
The members of the European Parliament delegation for
relations with the United States of America, on an official visit in
Washington, D.C., were shocked and horrified at the terrorist attacks in
New York and Washington.
The European Parliament delegation expresses its deepest
sympathy to the families of the innocent victims and to the people of the
United States, its government and elected representatives.
The European representatives condemn in the strongest
possible terms these appalling acts and reaffirm their solidarity with the
USA in combating terrorism.
