EUROPEAN UNION

Brussels, 15 April 2011

A 155/11

Statement by High Representative Catherine Ashton  on the murder of Vittorio Arrigoni in Gaza

Catherine Ashton, the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the Commission, made today the following statement:

“I strongly condemn yesterday's kidnapping and atrocious murder of the Italian citizen Vittorio Arrigoni, member of the International Solidarity Movement. I express my sincere condolences to his family and friends. This murder is all the more deplorable, as Vittorio Arrigoni has been helping the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip for many years.

I urge everyone in the Gaza Strip to stop this violence."