The former leader of Aberdeen City Council says it is important to “operate normally” and not be daunted by terrorism, ahead of a trip to Brussels.
Barney Crockett, the local authority’s lead member on Hydrogen is flying to Liege in advance of travelling to the Belgian capital.
He will spend most of the week meeting with members of the Hydrogen sector, lobbying experts about Aberdeen’s green credentials.
Last month, it was revealed the city’s £21million fleet of green buses have clocked up the equivalent of more than 10 round-the-world trips in their first year.
Aberdeen’s hydrogen bus project created Europe’s largest fuel cell bus fleet and the UK’s first hydrogen production and refuelling station.
Mr Crockett said: “I think it’s crucial that, at every level, we don’t seem to be to be pressured from doing things we should be doing by threats of terrorism.
“I think everybody needs to stand up and be counted and, as a council, we are content to do that.”
Brussels Airport reopened for a small number of passenger flights yesterday, almost two weeks after it was hit by terrorist attacks.
The airport had remained closed to regularly-scheduled passenger flights since the suicide bombings on March 22.
