US Congressman Sandy Levin on Tuesday urged the EU Council to designate Hezbollah as a terrorist organization, arguing that in the last year alone, "Hezbollah and its partners in the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps' Quds Force, have been implicated or are suspected to be behind attempted and successful terror plots in the US, Turkey, Pakistan, Thailand, Azerbaijan, India, Georgia, Kenya, Cyprus and Bulgaria", TURAN's Washington DC correspondent was informed by the Congressman's office.
"Hezbollah has a long and deadly history of carrying out terrorist attacks against European citizens, soldiers and diplomats and targeting Americans and Israelis living, working and traveling in Europe", stated the Congressman in his letter to the Republic of Cyprus (as President of the Council of the EU).
The Congressman urged the organization to revisit the disappointing EU Council decision not to designate Hezbollah as a terrorist entity despite increasing reports indicating Hezbollah is operating in Europe to finance, plan, recruit, and execute terrorist plots.
"We hope you will act to build the consensus within the European Union Council that is urgently needed to weaken Hezbollah's terrorist infrastructure - an issue that directly affects us all. We look forward to working with you and your counterparts to increase engagement between the United States and the European Union to prevent and deter future Hezbollah-sponsored terrorist operations". -25В-
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Azerbaijani government sources have exclusively confirmed to Euronews on Thursday that a Russian surface-to-air missile caused the Azerbaijan Airlines plane crash in Aktau on Wednesday.
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CrashThe Secretary General of the Council of Europe, Alain Berset, has expressed his condolences and deep sadness over the tragic Azerbaijan Airlines crash in Kazakhstan with many fatalities.
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The crash of our plane in Aktau raises several questions that demand answers: 1. Many of the victims of this tragedy were people who previously traveled to the North Caucasus by train or car. These victims might not have existed if Azerbaijan hadn’t kept its land borders closed for several years.
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NATO expressed condolences regarding the crash of the Azerbaijan Airlines passenger plane near the city of Aktau in Kazakhstan, the Alliance's spokesperson, Farah Dalallah, said on her social media account.
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