- he condemned, on behalf of Parliament, the attacks in Mumbai on 26 November 2008, and expressed Parliament's condolences to those who had been injured and the victims' families; he was delighted that the members of the delegation from the INTA Committee and the European Parliament staff who had been in Mumbai at the time of the attacks had returned unharmed;
- Parlamenta vārdā nosodīja Mumbajā (bijusī Bombeja) 2008. gada 26. novembrī notikušos teroristu uzbrukumus un izteica līdzjūtību cietušajiem un cietušo ģimenēm; pauda prieku, ka INTA komitejas delegācijas locekļi un Parlamenta darbinieki, kas uzbrukumu laikā atradās Mumbajā, ir atgriezušies neskarti;