First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ivica Dacic sent today to Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergey Lavrov a telegram of condolences over death of Ambassador of the Russian Federation to the United Nations Vitaly Churkin.
"We were struck by the news of the sudden and untimely death of Russian Ambassador to the United Nations Vitaly Churkin.
Russia has lost its top diplomat and a great patriot, and Serbia lost a sincere friend and a colleague.
Ambassador Churkin was an accomplished diplomat and a true representative of the high school of Russian diplomacy.
On behalf of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Serbia and on my own behalf I send my deepest and most sincere condolences to You and colleagues in the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and to the family of Churkin words of support and comfort at this difficult time for them," reads the telegram of condolences of Minister Dacic.