The Chairman of the Presidency of BiH, Denis Bećirović, spoke in Dublin with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, expressing his condolences regarding the helicopter crash near Brčko in which Italian members of EUFOR lost their lives.
According to a statement from the Presidency of BiH, Bećirović reiterated his condolences at the beginning of the conversation regarding the accident, in which members of the Italian Armed Forces serving in the EUFOR mission in BiH were killed or injured.
He stated that this tragedy has deeply shaken the citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina as well, and once again expressed solidarity with the families of the victims.
Bećirović described Italy as one of BiH’s most important partners and thanked Meloni for her continued support for the country’s European and Euro-Atlantic path.
He noted that full membership in the European Union and NATO are the strategic foreign policy goals of BiH.
Meloni stated that Italy and the Italian people are deeply committed to Bosnia and Herzegovina, and emphasized a readiness to deepen cooperation between the two countries in the coming period.
