a very strong and clear declaration of our support and solidarity for the United States and secondly a series of specific measures we will take -- both European and national.

This visit underscores the United States' support for timely democratic elections in Haiti in January and solidarity with Haiti's continuing process of political transition and economic reform.

This is not a battle between the United States of America and terrorism, but between the free and democratic world and terrorism.

I hope that in the next few days we demonstrate as a world our complete solidarity in this fight which is so important to us.

Without wealth creation and wealth generation, there cannot be a proper financing of the system of social solidarity that we want to see,

We want to express our sympathy and our solidarity and give our prayers and thoughts to the people who are affected by what has happened out there on the Gulf coast,