US President, Donald Trump, has responded to the Barcelona attack by members of the Islamic State (ISIS) which left about 13 persons dead. He went on to Twitter to call on the people of Barcelona to be “tough and strong”.
Trump added in another tweet posted 45 minutes later: “Study what General Pershing of the United States did to terrorists when caught. There was no more Radical Islamic Terror for 35 years!”
Similarly, French President Emmanuel Macron voiced solidarity with Spain on Barcelona attack.
“We remain united and determined,” he said on Twitter, describing it as a “tragic attack”.
He later tweeted in Spanish: “Solidarity with Barcelona. We are by your side.”
Also, the office of German chancellor Angela Merkel also condemned the “revolting attack.”
Her spokesman Steffen Seibert said in a tweet: “We are thinking with profound sadness of the victims of the revolting attack in Barcelona – with solidarity and friendship alongside the Spanish people.”
Macron, who was voted in as president on Sunday with a large majority over Marine Le Pen of the National Front, will visit Merkel as his first foreign trip as France’s head of state, Goulard told French broadcaster CNews.
Merkel and Macron held a telephone conversation late Sunday after the result was announced, according to Steffen Seibert, Merkel’s spokesman.
Merkel told Macron that she is “looking forward to trustful cooperation … in the spirit of the traditionally close Franco-German friendship,” Seibert said.
Macron will officially take over from French President Francois Hollande next Sunday, but an exact date for the meeting between the new president and Merkel has not been set.
Hollande is expected in Berlin later on Monday for his last official bilateral meeting with Merkel before he leaves office.
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