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Condeleances Van Aartsen aan Powell

Dit is de letterlijke tekst van het condoléance telegram van Minister Jozias van Aartsen aan zijn Amerikaanse collega Colin Powell. Dit telegram werd zojuist verzonden. Volgt tekst:

I was deeply shocked and horrified to hear of the incomprehensible and disastrous terrorist attacks that occurred today at New York and Washington, which caused the death of so many innocent people.

Please accept my heartfelt condolences. My thoughts and sincere sympathies are with the relatives of the victims who lost their lives in these cowardly attacks.

Rest assured that the Netherlands will do everything in its power to assist the United States to track down those accountable, for instance in terms of intelligence, where we already have a long standing co-operation.