Brussels, 14/02/2005 (Agence Europe) - Javier Solana, High Representative for CFSP, on Monday condemned the attack in Beirut which killed former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafic Hariri and several other people. “His death is a real shock. Rafic Hariri was a man of peace and dialogue. He was a friend of Europe. He was also a personal friend”, said Mr Solana in an official statement, extending his sympathy to the families of the “many victims who were killed or injured in this barbaric act” committed in Beirut against the convoy in which Mr Hariri was travelling. “This trial of the Lebanon and the Lebanese today must be overcome in unity and serenity and in full respect of the two principles to which Rafic Hariri dedicated his whole life: the independence and sovereignty of the Lebanon”, Mr Solana concluded.