The US special representative in Afghanistan Richard Holbruk died

In the Washington hospital, Richard Holbrook, a special representative of the USA in Afghanistan and Pakistan, died. According to RIA Novosti, on Friday the afternoon, a 69-year-old diplomat felt bad and was sent to the hospital of George Washington University directly from the State Department building. After the operation on the same day, the diplomat was continuously in the intensive care unit, his condition was evaluated as stably critical. At first, it was reported that a thrombus broke off the holbruck, but then representatives of the State Department clarified the diagnosis of aorta rupture. On Monday evening, the State Department announced that the Holbrook had died.

Immediately after the death of the Holbroke, the US President and the State Department expressed condolences to the family of the deceased and said that the United States lost one of the outstanding diplomats, who had done a lot for the security of the world and their country. “I spoke with (the widow of the holbruck. - Ed.) Katie after Richard died. I expressed gratitude for his lifelong service. The USA and the world became safer thanks to the half -century the patriotic service of the special representative of Richard Holbruck,” the Barack Obama statement widespread by the White House press service.

The President called the Holbruck a unique historical figure, which will go down in history thanks to "diplomatic merits, love for the motherland and the desire for peace." Obama noted the merits of Holbruck during the Vietnamese War and completed the negotiations in Paris, his role in normalizing relations with China and the end of the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina. "As an ambassador in Germany, he helped Europe to complete the long" Cold War "and contributed to the adoption of new members in NATO," Obama recalled.

US Vice President Joseph Biden said that he had lost a friend who was "one of the greatest world fighters." "He was a tireless negotiator, a ruthless defender of American interests and the most talented diplomat of our generation," Biden said in a special statement.

Holbrook is known for its participation in the settlement of the armed conflict in the Balkans. It is he who is considered an architect of the Deuton agreements on the post -war structure of the former Yugoslav Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, as well as the co -author of the US policy in relation to Serbia and other former Yugoslav republics. Holbrook was nominated seven times to receive the Nobel Prize of the World.