The High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, the Steering Board of the Peace Implementation Council, the Chair of the BiH Council of Ministers and Foreign Minister, Zlatko Lagumdzija, and other BiH state and entity officials, at their meeting in Brussels today, expressed their horror about the events that occurred yesterday in the United States.

They condemned in the strongest possible manner this unprecedented terrorist attack on the very principles of freedom and democracy. "Words are inadequate to convey our sympathies to the victims, their families and friends, and to the people of the United States, a country that has contributed so much to bringing lasting peace to Bosnia and Herzegovina. Our thoughts and prayers are with them."