Press Release (96)21 3 Feb 1996

Statement by the Secretary General of NATO The Secretary General of NATO, Mr. Javier Solana, has learned this evening with regret and sadness of the death of a US soldier serving with IFOR in Bosnia. He has been in contact with the US authorities and has asked them to transmit his deepest sympathy and condolences to the soldier's family. The soldier who died this afternoon was making an essential contribution to IFOR's mission to bring peace to Bosnia.