Ambassadors wearing masks arrive at Sarajevo meeting looking for solution to air pollution

Due to problems with air pollution in Sarajevo, a number of senior international officials and ambassadors met with Sarajevo Canton Prime Minister Edin Forto today, wearing pollution masks as a symbolic gesture.

British Ambassador Matthew Field took to Twitter to positively assess the meeting, but added that more decisive action is needed, Sarajevo-based Klix.ba website reports.

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Važni razgovori danas izmedju Kantona Sarajevo i medjunarodnih partnera o kvaliteti zraka. Dobri koraci se poduzimaju, ali su odlučnije radnje potrebne na svim nivoima. #NeGušimoSarajevo pic.twitter.com/4MQOfhiQl7— Matt Field (@MattFieldUK) January 20, 2020

"Important discussions today between Sarajevo Canton and international partners on air quality. Good steps are being taken, but more decisive action is needed at all levels," Field wrote.

Photo: Tanjug/AP

He also posted photos from the meeting, as well as scenes from the park in front of the government of the Sarajevo Canton, where a group of citizens staged a peaceful protest over heavy air pollution in the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Photo: Tanjug/AP

The gathering was attended by about 50 citizens, and the photos show that they, as well as international officials, wore face masks.

(Telegraf.rs/Tanjug)