I / St Petersburg July 17, 2006Leaders attending the Summit of the world's top industrialised countries today deplored the Mumbai blasts and said they were united with India in their resolve to intensify efforts to fight terrorism."We are outraged by the barbaric terrorist acts, carried out in Mumbai and other parts of India. We stand in solidarity with the Government and the people of India and express our deepest condolences to the victims and their families," the leaders of the G-8 and outreach countries including Brazil, China, Mexico and South Africa, said.The leaders said they were united with India in their resolve to intensify efforts to fight terrorism which constitutes a threat to all countries, as well as to international peace and security."We are determined to continue the fight against terrorism by all legitimate means. We express our readiness to undertake all necessary measures to bring to justice perpetrators, organizers, sponsors of these and other terrorist acts, and those who incited the perpetrators to commit them."We shall do it in accordance with our obligations under international law, in particular international human rights law, refugee law and humanitarian law," the world leaders said on the concluding day of St Petersburg summit of the world's eight most industrialised nations.The statement was also signed by chairman of the council of the heads of state of the CIS, chairman of the African Union, and heads of international organizations including UN Secretary General Kofi Annan.
