Terrorist attacks in the United States
Statement by M. Jacques Chirac,
Rennes 11.09.2001
It was with immense shock that France has just learned of these monstrous attacks - there is no other word to describe them - which have just hit the United States of America.
And in these horrifying circumstances, all the French people - and I want to say this here - stand at the side of the American people. They express to them their friendship and solidarity in this tragedy.
I, of course, assure President George Bush of my total support.