Obama and his spouse pray for the health of the US Special Supervisor in Afghanistan and Pakistan

The press service of US President Barack Obama said on Saturday evening that the American leader spoke with the hospitalized US specialized US specialist in Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard Holbruck and his wife Katie.

Obama noted that "he and his wife Michelle pray for Richard." "The Holbrook is a significant person in American foreign policy and an important member of the team in Afghanistan and Pakistan, a tireless public servant who achieved admiration for the American people and the whole world," the US president said, Interfax said.

Holbruka in the hospital was visited by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Admiral Mallen and other members of the American leadership. “We continue to pray for his recovery, support his family at this difficult moment,” the White House press service reports.

Earlier it was reported that the Holbrook is in a hospital in serious condition. "The Ambassador Richard Holbrook was placed on the University of George Washington yesterday and today he was conducted on aorta," said the press secretary of the State Department, Philippe Crowley.

The Hill was in the hospital on Friday after he felt bad at the workplace, the Washington Post reported.

Richard Holbrook is known as a capable diplomat and persistent negotiator, in particular, the author of peaceful agreements on Bosnia, reached in the American city of Daton in 1995. Holbook served as US Ambassador to the UN from 1999 to 2001.

During the Russian-Georgian War in August 2008, the Holbrook was the first American to meet with Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili, his old friend, Washington Post reports.