On March 22, 2016, President Xi Jinping sent a message of condolences to King Philippe of Belgium on a series of terrorist attacks in Brussels, the capital of Belgium, expressing strong condemnation to the attack and extending deep condolences to the victims, and sincere sympathies to the bereaved families and the injured.

Xi Jinping stated in the message that terrorism is the common enemy of human being, and a threat faced by the international community. The Chinese side is willing to, together with the Belgian side, strengthen cooperation in security and counter-terrorism and jointly push for concerted efforts from the global community to address both the root cause and symptom so as to fight against any form of terrorism and safeguard the peace and stability of both countries and the world.