More condolences from world leaders

(Aug 23, 2012)

More condolences are coming from world leaders and friends of Ethiopia on the sudden and untimely death of Prime Minister Meles Zenawi last Monday (August 20). President of the People’s Republic of China, Hu Jintao and Prime Minister Wen Jiabao,. Dr. Mohamed Moncef Marzouki, President of the Republic of Tunisia and Mr. Hamadi Jebali , Prime Minster of Tunisia, President of The Republic of Botswana, Lieutenant General Sertse Khama Ian Khama, Paul Kagame President of the Republic of Rwanda, President of the Republic of South Africa, Jacob Zuma, Dmitry Medvedev Prime Minister of the Government of the Russian Federation , India’s Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh, Jyrki Katainen , Prime Minster of Finland Shiek Khalifa Bin Zayad Al Nahyan Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum United Arab Emirates Vice President, ND, sent condolences. President Hu jintao said “Meles was an outstanding leader of Ethiopia and a renowned statesman”. China, he said will never forget “the important contribution he made to the establishment and development of the comprehensive cooperative between China and Ethiopia “. The Prime Minister of India, Manmohan Singh, said it was with a deep sense of shock and sorrow that he had learnt of the sad and untimely demise of Prime Minister Meles Zenawi. Describing Ato Meles as a towering statesman of Ethiopia and Africa and as a person who effectively articulated and advanced the continent's interests in international fora, he said Ethiopia had lost a remarkable leader whose contribution towards the peace, progress and development of his country would be long remembered. Mr. Singh said that the traditionally close and friendly relations between Ethiopia and India had gained enormously under the leadership and guidance of the late Prime Minister Meles Zenawi.