On 27 January, at the Embassy of Hungary in Riga, Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkēvičs offered his personal deepest condolences to Ambassador Adrien Müller in relation to a bus crash in the north of Italy, when sixteen Hungarian citizens, including students, died and several were injured.
The Foreign Minister made an entry into the book of condolences, expressing his deepest sympathy on behalf of Latvia to Hungary over the tragic bus incident in North Italy that claimed so many young lives. Our hearts and thoughts go out to the families and friends of those who died, wrote the Minister, also wishing a rapid recovery to the injured.