Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba has sent a condolence message to Chancellor of the Federal Democratic Republic of Germany, Mrs. Angela Merkel, on the demise of Mr. Helmut Kohl, the former Chancellor of the Federal Democratic Republic of Germany. 

According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in his message, Prime Minister Deuba, while expressing condolence on behalf of the people and the Government of Nepal to the people and the Government of Germany and to the bereaved family members on this sad news, has said that the former Chancellor will be remembered for the outstanding contribution he made for reuniting Germany as well as bringing peace and prosperity to the entire European Continent. 

Prime Minister Deuba also recalled the visit of Helmut Kohl to Nepal in the eighties of the last century. 

The former Chancellor died on Friday, June 16, morning in his home in Ludwigshafen, in western Germany. RSS