The President of the Republic, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, and the kings of Belgium honored the victims of the armed attack in Brussels on Tuesday night, observing a minute of silence at the Laeken Palace.
In speeches preceding the dinner, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa and King Felipe condemned terrorism, called for solutions to climate change and expressed concern for the innocent victims of war in the Middle East.
“We speak with dismay and great concern about the tragic events that have occurred in the Middle East, with the consequent suffering of countless innocent victims,” reported the Belgian monarch.
Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa considered this event as one of the characteristics of what he describes as “a setback”, to which several other problems in the world also contribute.
“The intolerable Russian invasion of Ukraine, the economic and social crisis and, now, the shocking terrorist attack against Israel, but also the loss of so many innocent civilian lives on both sides seem to cause a setback of decades of humanism,” Marcelo considered. Rebelo de Sousa.
Speaking alongside the King of the Belgians, a day after the attack that killed two people in Brussels, the President of the Republic condemned the use of terrorism.
“We have to repeat it many times: terrorism will not disappear. Democracy, the rule of law and freedom will win,” said Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, after King Felipe’s speech, which began with a minute of silence. The monarch wanted the circumstance to serve to “show the unity around our democratic values, which we will continue to defend”.
The King of Belgium also mentioned the natural consequences of climate change, which affect both countries, such as “the forest fires in the Serra da Estrela and the floods in Belgium”, which “showed that no country now escapes the devastating impact of the climate.” . change “.
Source: TSF
