Waszczykowski remembers Helmut Kohl

Polish Foreign Minister Witold Waszczykowski send his condolences to Helmut Kohl's family, following the former German Chancellor death at the age of 87. “I was deeply saddened by the news of the death of Helmut Kohl, a prominent German politician awarded with many medals, including the Order of the White Eagle. We should not forget the role Helmut Kohl played in uniting Germany after the fall of the Iron Curtain, and his impact on the process of unification of all of Europe,” Waszczykowski said. Helmut Kohl served as German chancellor from 1982 to 1998, he was the longest-serving chancellor since Otto von Bismarck. He presided when the Berlin Wall fell down.