World leaders condemned violence and voiced relief that the US president and guests at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner are safe after gunfire rang out at the venue.

Axar.az reports that Venezuela’s acting president, Delcy Rodríguez, said on X, “We condemn the attempt of aggression against President Donald Trump and his wife, Melania.”

“Violence should never be the answer,” Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum wrote in a separate post, extending well wishes to Trump and the first lady.

Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney said: “Political violence has no place in any democracy and my thoughts are with all those who have been shaken by this disturbing event.”

Mahmoud Abbas, the President of the Palestinian Authority, condemned the incident and expressed “his full rejection of all forms of violence by any party,” the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported.

The United Arab Emirates’ Foreign Ministry also condemned what it called a “deplorable crime.”

French President Emmanuel Macron called the incident “unacceptable,” writing on X that “violence has no place in a democracy” and offering his “full support to Donald Trump.”

Antonio Costa, the President of the European Council, called last night’s events “deeply unsettling” and said on X that “political violence has no place in public life and must be firmly rejected.”

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said he is “shocked” by the events of last night, adding that “any attack on democratic institutions or on the freedom of the press must be condemned in the strongest possible terms.”

Ursula von der Leyen, the President of the European Commission, said “violence has no place in politics, ever,” thanking “the swift action of the police and responders for ensuring the safety of the guests.”

European Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said that “an event meant to honor a free press should never become a scene of fear,” wishing a “swift recovery” to the injured Secret Service officer.

Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson said he is “relieved” Trump and the other attendees are safe, offering his thoughts to “all those shaken by the event, including the Swedish journalists who attended the dinner.”

Outgoing Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, a close ally of Trump, said he was “troubled by the news” of last night and offered his “thoughts and prayers” to the US president and first lady.

Leaders from other European countries, including Italy, Spain, Portugal, Greece, Ireland, the Netherlands, Ukraine, Estonia, Albania, Latvia, Kosovo, and Lithuania, also condemned last night’s events and expressed their relief that Trump and the other attendees of the dinner were unharmed.