Norway's Prime Minister remembers Johannes Rau
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Published under: Stoltenberg's 2nd Government
Publisher: Office of the Prime Minister
Press release | Date: 28/01/2006 | Last updated: 11/11/2006
Press release
No.: 16/2006
Date: 28 January 2006
Norway's Prime Minister remembers Johannes Rau
Norway's Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg today sent the following message of condolences to the German Social Democratic Party, on the occasion of the death of former German President Johannes Rau:
"A towering figure in
European Social Democracy has passed away with the death of
Johannes Rau. Johannes Rau had many friends in Norway, and played a
vital role in the political relations between Norway and Germany,
also in the years when he was German president. I ask you to convey
our condolences also to Johannes Rau's family.
Jens Stoltenberg".