BRUSSELS - The European Union's foreign policy chief Javier Solana Tuesday denounced a military ambush in Afghanistan which claimed the lives of 10 French soldiers. "The attack perpetrated against the French soldiers deployed in Afghanistan constitutes a disgraceful and barbaric act," he said.
"These soldiers were serving the cause of liberty and democracy," he said. "It is for these values that they gave up their lives," Europe's top diplomat said. "I bow before their sacrifice. Their courage does France and the whole of Europe proud," he said, paying tribute to their "determination to serve the cause which they so nobly defended in Afghanistan." |