Condolences and condemnation

(MENAFN- Arab News) PARIS: World leaders are reacting to the deadliest violence to strike France. Some of their comments:
Jordan: King Abdallah II 'expressed strong condemnation and indignation at the cowardly terrorist act' and solidarity with the French people.
Egypt: President Abdel-Fattah El-Sissi 'Terrorism aims to destabilize security and stability in various parts of the world.'
UAE: President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan supported doing 'what it takes to face terrorism and eliminate it.'
Kuwait: Emir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah says 'These criminal acts of terrorism ... run counter to all teachings of holy faith and humanitarian values.'
Tunisia: President Beji Caid Essebsi called on 'all freedom-loving peoples to coordinate their efforts against evil.'
Afghanistan: President Ashraf Ghani said 'Afghanistan stands with France with resolve to tackle terrorism as a common enemy... Terrorism does not recognize borders.'
Bosnia: The leader of Bosnia's Muslims Husein Kavazovic says the attacks were 'a heavy moral downfall ... We remember the support and solidarity of the French people with us when we were experiencing fear and terror' referring to the 1992-95 Bosnian war. 'Terrorists do not represent our faith or our community and terrorism cannot be justified morally religiously or politically.'
Pakistan: Information Minister Pervez Rashid says the Paris attacks are 'an attack on mankind ... (We) can feel the pain and anguish of the people of France' as his country has been a victim of terrorism.
Turkey: Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said his country stood 'shoulder-to-shoulder' with both France and Lebanon which suffered a terrorist attacks.
US: The Obama administration says it has no information to contradict the French government's assessment that the Daesh carried out the Paris attacks. President Barack Obama reviewed the latest intelligence with his national security team. Secretary of State John Kerry describes the attacks as 'heinous evil' and 'vile.'
Poland: President Andrzej Duda said the barbaric attacks has hit the 'very heart of European civilization.'
OECD: Secretary-General Angel Gurria said 'The OECD condemns in the strongest terms the barbaric terrorist attacks perpetrated in Paris.'
Germany: Chancellor Angela Merkel said 'This attack on freedom was aimed not just at Paris it targeted and it hits all of us. That is why we must all respond together ... We will lead this fight together with you against those who did such unimaginable things to you.'
UK: Queen Elizabeth-II has sent 'sincere condolences' to the people of France amid the terror attack in the French capital. The monarch and the Duke of Edinburgh said they were 'deeply shocked and saddened.'
India: Prime Minister Narendra Modi said 'We feel the shock pain and outrage of the people of France. India stands firmly with the great people of France in dealing with this tragedy.'
Sweden: Foreign Minister Margot Wallstrom talked about the 'horrible news.'
Finland: Prime Minister Juha Sipila said that 'we must not give space for fear and intolerance.'
Denmark: Prime Minister Lars Loekke Rasmussen said 'the perpetrators must be pursued and defeated. We will never give up.'
Japan: Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said: 'We will stand against terrorism regardless of its reasons. We will stand in solidarity with the international community to prevent acts of terrorism.'
China: President Xi Jinping said: 'At the sorrowful moment of the French people I on behalf of the Chinese government and the Chinese people and personally condemn in the strongest terms the barbaric acts.'
Vatican: Pope Francis said he was "moved and saddened" by the attacks in Paris but confessed that "I don't understand these things. They are difficult to understand carried out by human beings."
Australia: Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said 'In France and Australia all around the world we stand shoulder to shoulder with the people of France and with all free peoples in the battle against terrorism.'
UN: Spokesman Stephane Dujarric says Ban 'trusts that the French authorities will do all in their power to bring the perpetrators to justice quickly.' The UN Security Council also condemned 'the barbaric and cowardly terrorist attacks' and underlined the need to bring the perpetrators of 'these terrorist acts to justice.'
Canada: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said 'Our hearts and thoughts and prayers go out to our French cousins in this dark and terrible time.'