In a joint statement released on Saturday 4 September, the three spoke of "the horror felt within the Council of Europe following the tragedy in Beslan”.
“This barbaric act – which has shocked us all the more as it targeted what is most precious to us, our children – has ended in a dreadful blood bath. There are no words strong enough to express our consternation, nor our feelings of friendship and solidarity towards the Russian people, the families of the victims and the country’s authorities,” they said.
The Standing Committee of the Parliamentary Assembly is to meet on 7 September in Oslo at the invitation of the Norwegian Parliament. The meeting will be opened at 11am by the President of the Assembly, Peter Schieder, and the Speaker of the Storting (Norwegian Parliament), Jørgen Kosmo. The participants will exchange views with Jan Petersen, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Norway.
“This barbaric act – which has shocked us all the more as it targeted what is most precious to us, our children – has ended in a dreadful blood bath. There are no words strong enough to express our consternation, nor our feelings of friendship and solidarity towards the Russian people, the families of the victims and the country’s authorities,” they said.
The Standing Committee of the Parliamentary Assembly is to meet on 7 September in Oslo at the invitation of the Norwegian Parliament. The meeting will be opened at 11am by the President of the Assembly, Peter Schieder, and the Speaker of the Storting (Norwegian Parliament), Jørgen Kosmo. The participants will exchange views with Jan Petersen, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Norway.
Press Release on Beslan hostage crisis dated 4 September 2004