International reactions to the terrorist attack on Crocus concert hall

Russian media reported that Hossein Amirabdollahian, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran, referring to the terrorist incident in Moscow, wrote on his personal page on the virtual space: He strongly condemned the recent terrorist act in the city of Moscow, while expressing his sympathy with the families of John I offer my condolences to the victims, my colleague Sergey Lavrov, the government and the people of Russia for this tragic incident. Joint and effective fight against terrorism requires serious and non-discriminatory action of the international community.

The White House also announced in a statement that the United States was aware of the events that took place in the terrorist attack on the Crocus Concert Hall and called the published images of this terrorist attack horrific.

In this statement, referring to the fact that Washington had not previously received news about the preparation of a terrorist attack in Russia from any of its intelligence sources, it says: There is no indication that the Ukrainian government or its citizens were involved in the terrorist attack. Moscow has not seen.

Farhan Haq, Deputy Secretary General of the United Nations, in relation to the terrorist attack on the Crocus concert hall, said that the United Nations mourns the death of people in the Crocus terrorist incident, and added: We are really sorry to hear this news and we are monitoring the situation. .

After the terrorist attack on the Crocus concert hall, the French Foreign Ministry expressed its condolences to the Russian people and expressed solidarity with them in a statement.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Spain also issued a statement announcing that Madrid was shocked to receive the news of the terrorist attack on the Crocus Concert Hall and emphasized: Spain condemns any violence.

Also, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Italy has expressed sympathy with the families of the victims of this terrorist incident in a statement, pointing out that the authorities of this country condemn any terrorist attack.

Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski also said regarding the terrorist attack on Crocus concert hall: “Of course, we condemn terrorism in any form.”

In a statement, the Foreign Minister of Portugal expressed his condolences to the families of the victims of the terrorist attack on the Crocus concert hall and announced: We strongly condemn the attack on civilians.

In a phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin, the President of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko, condemned the terrorist attack on the Crocus Concert Hall, expressed his sympathy with the President and the Russian people, and said: “The Ministry of Health of Belarus is ready to treat The victims of this terrorist attack should cooperate with Moscow.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan also announced in a statement: President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev strongly condemned the terrorist attack on the Crocus concert hall and expressed his condolences to the president and the people of Russia over the occurrence of this terrorist incident.

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The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Armenia also expressed sympathy with the Russian people by issuing a statement regarding the terrorist attack on the Crocus concert hall.

The American and British embassies in Moscow also issued statements condemning this terrorist attack after the terrorist attack on the Crocus concert hall.

The US Embassy in Moscow said in a statement: The US diplomatic corps is shocked by the reports of the Crocus incident.

According to Sputnik, the terrorist attack on the Crocus concert hall has been condemned by the countries of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Uzbekistan, Egypt, Cuba, Saudi Arabia, Colombia, the United Arab Emirates, Burundi, the Central African Republic and Syria. The presidents of Venezuela, Palestine, Uzbekistan, Serbia and Cuba, as well as the king of Bahrain, have expressed their sympathy and condolences to the government and people of Russia.

More than 40 people were killed and 140 were injured after at least three people in militia uniforms attacked the ground floor of a concert hall in the city of Crocus near Moscow and fired automatic weapons at the audience and threw grenades. .

An eyewitness told Sputnik that a fire broke out in the concert hall of the city of Crocus after people in militia uniforms fired shots and threw grenades.

According to this eyewitness, then the people in the hall lay there for 15 to 20 minutes to escape the shooting, and then they started to crawl, and many of them managed to leave the hall, but at least one hundred people in They are locked in the hall.

Moscow Region Ministry of Health also told Sputnik that currently more than 50 ambulance teams have been dispatched to the accident area to provide medical services to all those in need.

Moscow’s Ministry of Emergencies also announced that the work to rescue people from the roof of the building using lifting mechanisms is underway, and said: So far, about one hundred people have been removed from Crocus by firefighters.

Also, the FSB (Federal Security Organization of Russia) announced in a statement that special law enforcement agencies are taking all necessary measures in relation to what happened at the Crocus concert hall.

The Commissioner of Human Rights in the Russian Federation also released a statement on Friday night calling what happened at the Crocus concert hall a terrorist attack.

Source: IRNA