The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Honduras announced that the ambassador of the republic to the Russian Federation, Juan Ramon Elvir Salgado is deceased.
„The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Honduras deeply regrets the death of Juan Ramon Elvira Salgado, Ambassador of Honduras to Russia, and expresses its condolences and words of solidarity to his wife, children, other family members and friends&ldquo ;, X (formerly Twitter) said in a statement.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Honduras, Eduardo Enrique Reyna, expressed his condolences for the death of the ambassador and emphasized that the department is taking measures to repatriate his body.
Moscow sincerely sympathizes with the death of the Honduran ambassador to Russia, Juan Ramon Elvir Salgado, who made a great contribution to promoting cooperation between the two countries. This was announced to TASS by the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova.
„We express our sincere condolences on the death of the ambassador. He was a graduate of a Soviet university, fluent in Russian, became the first Honduran ambassador with a residence in Moscow, was distinguished by high professional and human qualities and made a great contribution to promoting bilateral cooperation,“, the diplomat noted.
„We are in close contact with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Honduras to resolve all issues that will be provided by the Russian side”, Zakharova emphasized.