Foreign Minister Maris Riekstins offers condolences over coal mine blast in Poland
18 Sep 2009
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Maris Riekstins, has sent a letter of condolence to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Poland, Radoslaw Sikorski, with regard to the tragic explosion at the Wujek-Slask coal mine that caused the deaths of more than ten people and injured another 140. In his letter, Foreign Minister Maris Riekstins offered deepest sympathies to the families and friends of those who had lost their lives in the blast. (End of text)
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