The President also referred to the Italian journalist Daniele Mastrogiacomo of the newspaper La Repubblica, who has been kidnapped by the Taleban in Afghanistan, as well as the German citizen and her son kidnapped in Iraq.
H.G. Pöttering atgādināja, ka Eiropas Parlamentam ir nepieņemama Gvantanamo ieslodzīto centra darbība, kā arī aicināja nodrošināt, lai terorisma noziegumos vainīgie tiktu sodīti.