04/04/2011 (Agence Europe) - EU repeats support for UN. EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs Catherine Ashton has said she was “deeply shocked” by the attack on the UN office in Mazar-i-Sharif in which seven foreign UN employees were murdered. The attack was carried out by demonstrators who had been protesting against the burning of the Koran by a pastor in Florida, United States. “This is another unfortunate example of how ignorance, intolerance and senseless aggression can victimise completely innocent people whose only purpose was to help Afghanistan move towards a brighter future”, Ashton said. She stated, too, that the EU continues to support the essential work that the UN has been carrying out in Afghanistan. (H.B./transl.rt)