Bertie Ahern

2015-12-21

Bertie Ahern expressed his sorrow for the passing of a man who was a primary symbol of the national unity of the Palestinian people. Ahern said Arafat was a “great leader and a great man. It is perhaps the most tragic aspect of President Arafat’s death that he did not live to see the fruition of his ambition of a Palestinian state ... He will be greatly missed”. 

 


* Irish Prime Minister