This is the car park at Brussels airport where Serbia's ambassador to NATO leaped to his death on Tuesday.<br/> <br />Branislav Milinkovic, 52, apparently committed suicide during a conference of NATO foreign ministers, but officials are not making any connections between the meeting and his death.<br/> <br />A NATO official in Brussels said the organisation was shocked at the news.<br/> <br />(SOUNDBITE) (English) NATO DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY GENERAL FOR POLITICAL AFFAIRS, JAMES APPATHURAI:<br/> <br />"We were absolutely shocked yesterday when we heard. We are deeply saddened at this loss. The ambassador was deeply respected here and very well liked. He did a very professional job."<br/> <br />Milinkovic was appointed ambassador to NATO in 2009, but had been based in Brussels since 2004, as an envoy from the now defunct union of Serbia and Montenegro.
