Statement by President of the Government at opening of UN Security Council meeting

New York

I declare session number 7,847 of the Security Council open.

Unfortunately, once again, we must begin the session by reiterating our outright condemnation of the cruel terrorist attacks of recent days, which are in addition to an already painfully long list. Among these, there were two terrorist attacks, one in Aden (Yemen) and the other in Karak (Jordan). Yesterday, there were two further attacks, one in Berlin and the other in Ankara, the latter personally aimed at the Russian Ambassador to Turkey, his Excellency, Andrey Karlov. I wish to express our deepest sympathies to the families of the victims and wish those injured a speedy recovery.

As a sign of our shared pain over all the victims of terrorism and our firm rejection of these cowardly terrorist attacks, I would ask you to all stand for a minute's silence.