Foreign officials mourn the death of EU Delegation employee in Bosnia

European Union's Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement Oliver Varhelyi was among the first to express his condolences:

“My deep condolences go to the family and friends of an EU employee in BiH who sadly passed away after falling ill to COVID-19. My thoughts are also with his colleagues at the EU delegation in Sarajevo.”

https://twitter.com/OliverVarhelyi/status/1252598308553531396

Both former and current British Ambassadors to Bosnia also expressed their condolences:

“Very sad news. Primite moje iskreno saučešće;” Edward Ferguson said.

https://twitter.com/EAFergusonFCO/status/1252628739646685199

The current UK Ambassador to Bosnia Matt Field tweeted:

“Truly sad news from our friends and colleagues at EU in BiH. All our thoughts with them.”

https://twitter.com/MattFieldUK/status/1252627067679711233

On Monday evening, the EU Delegation confirmed for N1 that one of their employees had died at Sarajevo Podhrastovi Clinic falling ill to Covid-19.