NATO has expressed its solidarity with Britain over Thursday's deadly terrorist attacks in London.

Ambassadors of the 26 alliance states, meeting in Brussels, condemned terrorism in all its forms and reaffirmed NATO's determination to combat terrorism and defend the alliance's values of freedom, tolerance and democracy.

Earlier, NATO Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer condemned the bombings as heinous crimes and stressed that they underscored the need for alliance unity in fighting terrorism.

Some information for this report provided by AFP.