World salutes Ahtisaari
October 10, 2008 PARIS (AFP) - The great and the good of world diplomacy saluted Friday the conflict resolution efforts of Martti Ahtisaari and said there could be no worthier recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize.
French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner praised the 71-year-old Finnish diplomat for “his courageous and determined action” to bring peace to Namibia, Kosovo, Indonesia’s Aceh and other world troublespots.
Former UN secretary general Kofi Annan, himself a Nobel peace laureate in 2001, said he had telephoned Ahtisaari to personally congratulate the Finn on the 1.42-million-dollar award.
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