a minute agoMartti Ahtisaari is infected with coronavirus
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(6 years ago)The former president of Finland, Martti Ahtisaari, has been diagnosed with coronavirus infection. It was announced by the Office of the President of the Republic on Tuesday. As it further says, Ahtisaari's situation, which is 82 years old, is stable. Ahtisaari is a Finnish politician, the tenth president of Finland (19942000), a Nobel laureate for [...]
It was announced by the Office of the President of the Republic on Tuesday.
As it further says, Ahtisaari's situation, which is 82 years old, is stable.
Ahtisaari is a Finnish politician, Finland's tenth president (19942000), a Nobel Peace Prize laureate and a UN diplomat and mediator.
Ahtisaari was a special UN envoy for Kosovo, tasked with organising negotiations on the Kosovo status process, which later declared its independence.
In October 2008, he was awarded the Nobel Prize “for his significant efforts, on several continents and more than three decades to resolve international conflicts”.
The Nobel Declaration said Ahtisaari has played a prominent role in resolving serious and prolonged conflicts, including those in Namibia, Aceh (Indonezi), Kosovo and Iraq.
Otherwise, the office of president of the Republic of Finland had reported on contact with the coronavirus and his wife, Ms. Eeva Ahtisaari, on Saturday.
Eeva Ahtisaari is 83 years old. It was also said to be in good condition.
Meanwhile, it is known that Finland has confirmed 700 cases of coronavirus and a virus death.
