The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Dr. Bisera Turković , led the BiH delegation at the funeral of the British Queen Elizabeth II , which was held on Monday, September 19. Upon her arrival in the UK, she decided to visit the Bosnian House in Birmingham . On this occasion, the BH UK Network hosted the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Dr. Bisera Turković, and H.E. Vanja Filipović . The visit was used to present the activities of the BH UK Network as a community of BH associations in the UK.
At the beginning of the program, a minute’s silence was held in honor of NJ. V. To Queen Elizabeth II, who passed away on September 8. On this occasion, a book of mourning was opened in Bosanska House.
Given that the BH UK Network recently celebrated 25 years of successful work, the visit was used to present Minister Turković with an award for the past year’s cooperation and assistance from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of BiH.
We would like to remind you that the Founding Assembly of the BH UK Network (May 18, 1996) was attended by the then Ambassador of BH to the UK, the late academician Muhamed Filipović, and that our premises were visited by Mugdim Pašić, Osman Topčagic, Elvira Begović, Tanja Milašinović, Jadranka Negodić, Vesela Planinić, Mustafa Mujezinović, Valentina Maričić, and of course the current Ambassador Vanja Filipović.
Minister Turković congratulated us for everything we do and was pleasantly surprised by the results achieved by the BH UK Network and the Bosnian House. A conversation and socializing with citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina origin was organized.
