The EU defines the words uttered by Ahmadinejad on the “plot” underlying 9/11 as “outrageous and unacceptable”. Catherine Ashton, EU foreign policy chief, explained that the United States “are in no way responsible for the 11th of September terrorist attacks” and “It is for this reason that all representatives of the 27 nations of the EU walked out,” while Ahmadinejad was talking.