Memo: Joint Statement by HR/VP Catherine Ashton and EU Trade Commissioner Karel De Gucht following the recent building collapse in Bangladesh

Catherine Ashton, High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Commissioner for Trade Karel de Gucht made a statement on 30 April 2013 expressing sympathy for the victims of the collapse of an illegally-constructed building containing garment factories in Savar, just outside Dhaka in Bangladesh, on Wednesday 24 April 2013.