EU, UN and UK leaders offer condolences… Putin’s condolences to the families of the bereaved
As the news broke that former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev had passed away on the 30th (local time), world leaders expressed their deepest condolences to the last Soviet leader who ended the Cold War.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen expressed his condolences, recalling that former President Gorbachev was a respected leader who paved the way for a free Europe.
“Mikhail Gorbachev was a trusted and respected leader,” he wrote on Twitter.
“He played a decisive role in ending the Cold War and breaking the Iron Curtain,” he said. “It paved the way for a free Europe, a legacy we will never forget.”
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres also mourned that former President Gorbachev has done more than anyone else to bring the Cold War to a peaceful end.
“On behalf of the United Nations, on behalf of the United Nations, I express my sincere condolences to Gorbachev’s family and to the people and government of the Russian Federation,” he said in a condolence message posted on the United Nations website. integration of diversity.”
He put this important insight into action as he pursued a path of negotiation, reform, transparency and disarmament.”
“The world has lost one outstanding global leader, a dedicated multilateralist and tireless advocate of peace,” he said.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson tweeted: “I am saddened to hear of Gorbachev’s death.
I have always admired the courage and sincerity he showed that led the Cold War to a peaceful ending.”
“His tireless dedication to opening up Soviet society remains an example for all of us,” he added.
Russian President Vladimir Putin also expressed his ‘deep condolences’.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said: “President Putin expresses his deepest condolences over Gorbachev’s death.
“President Putin will send a message in the morning expressing his condolences to Gorbachev’s family and friends.”
Former President Gorbachev died today at the age of 91 following a long illness.
At the center of historical upheaval, such as the end of the East-West Cold War, the dissolution of the Soviet Union, and the fall of the communist bloc in the East, he is regarded as a person who has brought regarding a revolution in the Soviet Union and the international community by pushing the policies of perestroika (reform) and glasnosti (openness).
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