UN

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres “condemns the terrorist attack in the strongest possible terms,” his spokesman Farhan Haq said in a brief note; The Security Council more broadly also condemned this “cruel and cowardly terrorist act” and its members called on the international community to “actively cooperate with the Government of the Russian Federation” and other authorities to achieve justice.

European Union

EU Foreign Affairs High Representative Josep Borrell condemned yesterday’s “brutal” attack “on defenseless people” in “the strongest terms” this Saturday, and European Commission President Ursula von did the same. der Leyen, who “strongly” condemned the attack, and European Council President Charles Michel, who deplored the “horrific terrorist attack.”

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The Chairman of the African Union (AU) Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat, condemned the attack and expressed solidarity with Russia. “I was shocked to learn about the terrible terrorist attack in Moscow, which claimed many victims,” he wrote on his account on the social network X.

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On the Latin American side, the Bolivarian Alliance of the Peoples of Our America (ALBA) strongly condemned and rejected “any act of violence that threatens the life and safety of citizens,” while reaffirming its commitment to “peace,” tolerance and respect for human life.”

Mexico, Brazil and Argentina

The Brazilian government “denied” and said it was “alarmed” by the terrorist attack, as did Mexicofrom where the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (SRE) in a message in X “rejects any act of violence that threatens the lives of civilians.”

Argentina also expressed its “strong condemnation” and “denial” of the attack, as did Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Cuba, Honduras and Nicaragua.

The United States, through Secretary of State Antony Blinken, condemned the “terrorist attack” in Moscow. “We stand in solidarity with the people of Russia, who are mourning the loss of life after this terrible event,” the diplomat wrote in X.

Germany, Italy and Belgium

In Europe, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz condemned the “horrific attack on innocent people attending a concert. Our thoughts are with the mourners and the wounded,” he said on his X account, while Foreign Minister Annalena Bärbock expressed similar sentiments on the same social network.

Italy also rejected the “horror of the massacre of innocent civilians in Moscow”, which it considers “unacceptable”.

To these proposals we must add proposals from other countries such as Spain, the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg or Hungary.

China, India and Japan

Chinese President Xi Jinping sent a telegram of condolences to his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin this Saturday. Xi Jinping said in his letter that he was “shocked” by the incident and expressed “deep condolences” to the victims and their families, as well as “sincere solidarity” with the victims.

Other countries in the region such as India, South Korea and Japan also expressed their condolences.

Iran strongly condemned the attack.

“I strongly condemn the recent terrorist attack in Moscow and express my deepest condolences to the families of the victims and my colleague Sergei Lavrov, the government and people of Russia in connection with this tragic terrorist attack,” the Iranian Foreign Minister said. Hossein Amir Abdolahian, X. “A joint and effective fight against terrorism requires serious and non-discriminatory measures from the international community,” he added.

There were also condemnations from countries such as Egypt, Tunisia and Morocco.

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad assured this Saturday that the attack in Moscow is “directly related to the defeats of neo-Nazism” in the Donbass, clearly referring to a veiled reference to Ukraine.

Al Assad conveyed this message to Putin in a cable in which he said that “this cowardly attack on innocent people demonstrates the inability to force the Russian people to retreat from their principles,” according to a statement from the presidential office in Damascus. (EFE)