Following the recent death of Vitaly
Churkin, Russia’s ambassador to the United Nations,
Republic of Srpska Prime Minister Zeljka Cvijanovic recently offered her
condolences.
“I received the news about the sudden
death of Ambassador Churkin with great sadness and sorrow,” wrote Cvijanovic. “Russia
has lost not only an extraordinary diplomat but also a great patriot who
honorably and persistently represented his country, its interest and the
people.
Cvijanovic offered her praise of Churkin’s
long career and her sadness at his passing in a letter of condolences to
Russian Prime Minister Dmitri Medvedev and to Russian Ambassador to Bosnia and Herzegovina Petar Ivantsov.
“Churkin was a highly respected diplomat
with excellent reputation who has in his long diplomatic career contributed a
lot to development and preservation of good relations between the Serbian and
Russian people,” Cvijanovic said in an annoucement. “On behalf of the Government of Republic of
Srpska and my own, I wish to extend my deepest condolences to the family of
Ambassador Churkin, to the Russian leadership and to the Russian people.”
