Litouwse voorzitter van EU condoleert Spanje met tragisch treinongeluk (en)
Met dank overgenomen van Litouws voorzitterschap Europese Unie 2e helft 2013 i, gepubliceerd op donderdag 25 juli 2013.
On 25 July, Lithuanian EU Council Presidency’s Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius extended condolences to Spain’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation José Manuel García-Margallo on the tragic train crash in the region of Galicia that claimed many lives.
Linkevičius conveyed his condolences to victims and their families, and stressed that his thoughts and prayers were with the people of Spain in this difficult time.
The crash occurred in the northern Spanish region of Galicia on 24 July, near the city of Santiago de Compostela. The train was travelling from Madrid to Ferrol.