Foreign officials are mourning to the death of the employee of the EU Delegation to Bosnia who died in Sarajevo, Monday night.
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.”
My deep condolences go to the family and friends of a @eubih employee who sadly passed away after falling ill to COVID-19. My thoughts are also with his colleagues at the #EU delegation in Sarajevo.
— Oliver Varhelyi (@OliverVarhelyi) April 21, 2020
Both former and current British Ambassadors to Bosnia also expressed their condolences:
“Very sad news. Primite moje iskreno saučešće;” Edward Ferguson said.
Very sad news. Primite moje iskreno saučešće @eubih.
— Edward Ferguson (@EAFergusonUK) April 21, 2020
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.”
Truly sad news from our friends and colleagues at @eubih. All our thoughts with them. https://t.co/1wf6hCqFX8
— Matt Field (@MattFieldUK) April 21, 2020
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.
