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For Ottawa’s Gerry Harrington, Tuesday’s attacks in Brussels won’t stop him from visiting the nearby Belgian city of Liège next month.
“I’m definitely not reconsidering,” he said. “And I think that’s important.”
Harrington was among the first to sign a book of condolence for the victims of the attacks and their families set up outside the Belgian embassy this morning.
The Belgian Ambassador, Raoul Delcorde, and first secretary, Jonas De Meyer, quietly welcomed supporters before a sculpture appropriately titled We Are One, in the lobby of the Constitution Square buildings on Albert Street.
“In the U.K., we are very close friends and allies of Belgium,” said Howard Drake, British High Commissioner to Canada. “We are a neighbouring country, we have a very long history together, and it has been felt very strongly in my country, as it has in the rest of Europe and throughout the world.
“It was really important for me, as the British High Commissioner here, to show support to my good friend, my Belgian colleague. It was a truly dreadful act.”
Lithuanian ambassador Vytautas Zalys also paid his respects, along with well-wishers like Peggy Zaine, who works in the fitness centre in the building which houses the Belgian embassy.
“I’m just horrified by what happened, and can’t imagine what the families are going through,” said Zaine, “what the people who work in the airport and the subway are going through.”
The entries to the book of condolences will be compiled and presented to the Belgian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Didier Reynders.
The book of condolences is open to members of the public until 4 p.m., Thursday, March 24.
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“I’m definitely not reconsidering,” he said. “And I think that’s important.”
Harrington was among the first to sign a book of condolence for the victims of the attacks and their families set up outside the Belgian embassy this morning.
The Belgian Ambassador, Raoul Delcorde, and first secretary, Jonas De Meyer, quietly welcomed supporters before a sculpture appropriately titled We Are One, in the lobby of the Constitution Square buildings on Albert Street.
“In the U.K., we are very close friends and allies of Belgium,” said Howard Drake, British High Commissioner to Canada. “We are a neighbouring country, we have a very long history together, and it has been felt very strongly in my country, as it has in the rest of Europe and throughout the world.
“It was really important for me, as the British High Commissioner here, to show support to my good friend, my Belgian colleague. It was a truly dreadful act.”
Lithuanian ambassador Vytautas Zalys also paid his respects, along with well-wishers like Peggy Zaine, who works in the fitness centre in the building which houses the Belgian embassy.
“I’m just horrified by what happened, and can’t imagine what the families are going through,” said Zaine, “what the people who work in the airport and the subway are going through.”
The entries to the book of condolences will be compiled and presented to the Belgian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Didier Reynders.
The book of condolences is open to members of the public until 4 p.m., Thursday, March 24.
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