14/12/2010 (Agence Europe) - EU reaction to death of Richard Holbrooke. On Tuesday, EU High Representative Catherine Ashton remembered Richard Holbrooke who died in a hospital in Washington on Monday 13 December. She paid tribute to his remarkable diplomatic achievements as US Special Envoy for Afghanistan and Pakistan. “Ambassador Richard C. Holbrooke was a remarkable man, a true diplomat and a champion of peace and reconciliation, not just in Pakistan and Afghanistan, but throughout the world,” Ashton said in a communiqué on 14 December. “Europe will in particular remember his historic role in bringing peace to the Balkans,” she said. (H.B./transl.rt)