BELGRADE: Serbia’s ambassador to Nato committed suicide by jumping from a multi-storey car park at Brussels airport on Tuesday, local media reported.
Serbia’s Foreign Ministry said in a statement yesterday that Branislav Milinkovic had “died tragically” in the Belgian capital but gave no further details.
Nato expressed regret at the news. Nato head Anders Fogh Rasmussen “is deeply saddened by the tragic death of the Serbian ambassador. Mr Milinkovich was a highly respected representative of his country and will be missed,” an alliance spokeswoman said.
Milinkovic “committed suicide by jumping from a multistorey car park at the international airport in Brussels in the presence of Serbian deputy foreign minister Zoran Vujic,” Serbia’s Blic newspaper reported on its website, quoting diplomatic sources. AFP
