Pubblichiamo di seguito il telegramma di cordoglio per la scomparsa del Presidente della Ex-Repubblica Jugoslava di Macedonia, S.E. il Signor Boris Trajkovski, avvenuta ieri a causa di un incidente aereo in cui hanno perso la vita gli altri passeggeri e i membri dell’equipaggio dell’aereo presidenziale, inviato dal Santo Padre Giovanni Paolo II alle Autorità del Paese tramite la Nunziatura Apostolica in Bosnia ed Erzegovina:

DEEPLY SADDENED TO LEARN OF THE TRAGIC AIR CRASH THAT HAS TAKEN THE LIVES OF HIS EXCELLENCY BORIS TRAJKOVSKI, PRESIDENT OF THE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA, AND OF THE OTHER DISTINGUISHED PASSENGERS AND THE CREW MEMBERS, I SEND HEARTFELT CONDOLENCES TO THE GOVERNMENT AND PEOPLE OF MACEDONIA. ASSURING ALL THE BEREAVED OF MY PRAYERS AT THIS TIME OF MOURNING, I COMMEND THE LATE PRESIDENT AND THE OTHER VICTIMS OF THIS ACCIDENT TO THE LOVING MERCY OF ALMIGHTY GOD. I PRAY ALSO THAT PRESIDENT TRAJKOVSKI'S RESOLUTE COMMITMENT TO PEACE WILL INSPIRE THE NATION TO CONTINUE STEADFASTLY UPON THE PATH OF DIALOGUE, MUTUAL RESPECT AND RECONCILIATION. UPON THE BELOVED PEOPLE OF MACEDONIA I INVOKE THE DIVINE GIFTS OF CONSOLATION AND STRENGTH.

IOANNES PAULUS II

[00313-02.02] [Original text: English]

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