Brussels, 21 October 2016: The President H.E Major General (Ret'd) Jioji Konrote paid a courtesy call on the Acting Prime Minister of Belgium H.E Mr Didier Reynders at the Egmont Palace in Brussels, Belgium.
The courtesy call was an opportunity for the President to personally express his sympathies for those that lost their lives following the three terrorist attacks in Belgium this year.
"We share the sorrow and grief of the Belgian people in the wake of these despicable attacks. Fiji pledges its support for Belgium and the ongoing effort by the global community to combat terrorism”, the President told Minister Reynders.
The courtesy call also saw the President thank the Belgian Government for working closely with the Fijian Mission in Brussels.
Minister Reynders is Belgium's Minister for Foreign Affairs and Deputy Prime Minister. He is acting Prime Minister in the absence of the Prime Minister who is out of the country with the King of Belgium.
The President was in Brussels visiting Fiji's mission in Brussels before he travels onto the Middle East to visit Fijian peacekeeping troops stationed there. Early on in the day he paid a courtesy call on the African Caribbean and Pacific group of states secretary general H.E Dr Patrick Gomes.
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