The full text of the statements from prime minister Tony Blair and President George W Bush at the joint press conference in the Foreign Office on Thursday.

"First of all, can I extend the warmest possible welcome to the president of the United States and to the first lady to Downing Street, and say how delighted I am to see them both here.

"And as you would expect, I think, I would like to say some words about the latest terrorist outrage that has occurred today in Turkey.

"First of all, I would wish to express my deepest sympathy and condolences to the families of the victims.

"Some will be British, many will be Turkish citizens. I would like to express my condolences also to the government and to the people of Turkey.

"Once again, we are reminded of the evil these terrorists pose to innocent people everywhere and to our way of life.

"Once again we must affirm that in the face of this terrorism, there must be no holding back, no compromise, no hesitation in confronting this menace, in attacking it wherever and whenever we can and in defeating it utterly.

"It should not lessen, incidentally, in any way at all our commitment to Iraq. On the contrary, it shows how important it is to carry on until terrorism is defeated there as well. Because it is in a free, democratic and stable and Iraq that not just the violence, but the wretched and backward philosophy of these terrorists will be defeated and destroyed.

"Yesterday, as some of you will have heard, the President of the United States delivered a powerful, telling speech extolling the virtues of freedom, justice, democracy and the rule of law not just for some people but for all the peoples of our world.

"Today, the fanatics of terror showed themselves to be callous, brutal murderers of the innocent, and the contrast could not be more stark.

"There may be some who think that Britain would gain from standing back from this struggle. Even some who believe that we and the United States and our allies have somehow brought this upon ourselves.

"Let us be very clear: America did not attack al Qaeda on September 11, al Qaeda attacked America. And in doing so attacked not just America, but the way of life of all people who believe in tolerance and freedom, justice and peace.

"May we issue for you in the light of this latest outrage a short summary of the casualties and cost of terrorism.

"It's quite interesting to see just how many countries have been affected, what the cost of terrorism is, how many thousands of people have died over this past period of time. Many of the victims, incidentally, Muslim people, not least the civilians murdered in Iraq.

"So this is a time to show strength, determination and complete resolve. This terrorism is the 21st century threat. It is a war that strikes at the heart of all that we hold dear, and there is only one response that is possible or rational.

"To meet their will to inflict terror with a greater will to defeat it, to confront their philosophy of hate with our own of tolerance and freedom and to challenge their desire to frighten us, divide us, unnerve us with an unshakeable unity of purpose.

"To stand side by side with the United States of America and with our other allies in the world. To rid our world of this evil once and for all.

"In the course of the discussions that President Bush and myself had yesterday and today we also of course discussed many other issues, and let me just run through a few of those with you.

"There will be two communiqués put out afterwards, one on Iraq and one on the other issues we discussed, and I can just simply list them for you.

"Obviously we discussed the situation in relation to the WTO and world trade and the issues to do with steel with which we're familiar.

"We agreed a special joint task force on the issue of HIV/Aids, in relation to global health, a preoccupation of both our governments. We of course discussed the issues to do with weapons of mass destruction and the threat that it poses.

The Middle East and the Middle East peace process. And, since we have a successive G8 chairmanships in the next couple of years, we also discussed how we might use those to make progress on all these issues, including some of the challenging and difficult issues to do with climate change, world trade and poverty.

"So once again Mr President welcome here, it's a very, very great pleasure and honour to have you here in our country and we're delighted to see you.

"Thank you for that magnificent speech yesterday, and it's my pleasure to ask you to address the assembled gathering."

"Thank you, Mr prime minister, it's my honour to be standing by the side of a friend, and I was so honoured to be invited by her majesty the Queen to come to the United Kingdom for this state visit. It's been a fantastic experience for us.

"I also want to express my deep sympathy for the loss of life in Turkey. The nature of the terrorist enemy is evident once again. We see their contempt, their utter contempt for innocent life. They hate freedom, they hate free nations. Once again, we saw their ambitions of murder.

The cruelty is part of their strategy. The terrorists hope to intimidate, they hope to demoralise, they particularly want to intimidate and demoralise the free nations, they're not going to succeed.

"Great Britain, America and other free nations are united today in our grief and united in our determination to fight and defeat this evil wherever it is found. Britain and America have shared the suffering caused by terrorism before.

September 11, 2001, no country except America lost more lives than Britain. Since then, no ally has accomplished more or sacrificed more in our common struggle to end terror and we are grateful.

"Our shared work at democracy in Afghanistan and Iraq is essential to the defeat of global terrorism.

"The spread of freedom and the hope it brings is the surest way in the long term to combat despair and anger and resentment that feeds terror.

"The advance of freedom and hope in the greater Middle East will better the lives of millions in that region and increase the security of Arab people.

"I've just come from a meeting with families of British servicemen who were killed in Iraq. These brave men died for the security of this country and in the cause of human freedom. Our nations honour their sacrifice.

"I pray for the comfort for the families. Our mission in Iraq is noble and it is necessary. No act of thugs or killers will change our resolve or alter their fate. A free Iraq will be free of them, we will finish the job we have begun.

"Together Great Britain and the United States met the defining challenges of the last century.

"Together we're meeting new challenges, challenges that have come to our generation.

"In all that lies ahead, in the defence of freedom in the advance of democracy, our two nations will continue to stand together.

"I am honoured to be here, Mr prime minister, thank you for your leadership and your friendship."