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Prime Minister Stoltenberg sends condolences to India

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Published under: Stoltenberg's 2nd Government

Publisher: Office of the Prime Minister

Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg sent a letter of condolences today to Prime Minister Singh, after the bomb explosions in Mumbai.

Press release

No.: 96-06
Date: 2006.12.07

Prime Minister Stoltenberg sends condolences to India

Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg sent the following letter today to Prime Minister Singh, after the bomb explosions in Mumbai:

"On behalf of the Norwegian Government, I would like to express my deepest sympathy with the Indian people and the Indian Government after the tragic loss of life in the series of bomb explosions in Mumbai yesterday. I would like to extend my condolences to the families of those who were killed and my sympathy to the many that were injured.

Norway condemns these terrible acts in the strongest terms. Together we must continue to fight terrorism with determination and resolve, and to do everything in our power to protect human life and dignity.

Yours sincerely,

Jens Stoltenberg"