OSCE Chairperson condemns attacks in Turkey
The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Leonid Kozhara, speaking at the OSCE Permanent Council, Vienna, 17 January 2013. (OSCE/Jonathan Perfect) Photo details
KYIV, 12 May 2013 – The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Leonid Kozhara condemned the deadly attacks in Turkey on 11 May.
"I strongly condemn car bomb attacks in the Turkish town of Reyhanli. I express my support to and solidarity for the people and the government of Turkey," he said. "I am appalled by the attack and its tragic outcome, and express my deepest sympathy to the families of the victims."
"Nothing can justify this act of brutality that killed so many people," Kozhara said, stressing that the international community must strengthen efforts in countering all forms of terrorism.
Twin car bombs have killed at least 43 people and injured at least 100 in the Turkish town of Reyhanli, near the Syrian border.