Message from Mr José Manuel Durao Barroso, President of the European
Commission, to H.E. Mr Benigno Simeon Aquino III,
President of the Republic of the Philippines
“DEAR MR. PRESIDENT,
IT IS WITH GREAT SADNESS THAT I LEARNED ABOUT THE TRAGIC CONSEQUENCES OF THE RECENT TROPICAL STORM WASHI WHICH HIT THE SOUTHERN PHILIPPINES WHERE SO MANY PEOPLE LOST THEIR LIVES AND MANY OTHERS WERE AFFECTED.
ON BEHALF OF THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION AND ON MY OWN BEHALF, ALLOW ME TO OFFER YOU AND THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES MY SINCERE CONDOLENCES AND THE EXPRESSION OF MY DEEPEST SYMPATHY AND SOLIDARITY WITH THE FAMILIES OF THE VICTIMS.
YOURS FAITHFULLY,
JOSÉ MANUEL DURAO BARROSO”
