Romanian President Signs Condolences Book For Victims Of Mazar-i-Sharif Attack

Romanian President Traian Basescu on Wednesday signed the book of condolences for the victims of the attack on the UN office in Mazar-i-Sharif, northern Afghanistan, opened at the United Nations Information Center for Romania.

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According to UN Information Center representatives, the head of state demanded that his message remain private.

Basescu sent Saturday his condolences to the family of Filaret Motco, who was killed Friday in the Mazar-i-Sharif attack. The President expressed the country's solidarity with the states whose nationals were killed in the attack.

Filaret Motco was working within the Political Affairs Department of the UN office in Mazar-i-Sharif. He had also participated in UN operations in Kandahar, Tajikistan, North Caucasus, Chechnya, Kyrgyzstan and in several other operations led by international organizations.

Seven UN staff members were killed in the attack. Demonstrators were protesting the burning of a Koran by a pastor in the United States. Violent manifestations continued in the aftermath of the attack with hundreds of Afghans demonstrating in Kandahar and Jalalabad.

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