President Nangolo Mbumba on Sunday extended condolences to the people of the United States of America (US) following the death of that country’s former President, Jimmy Carter, on Sunday.
Carter served as the 39th US president from 1977 to 1981.
In his message of condolences shared with Nampa, Mbumba said the work of Carter, an exceptional Nobel Peace Laureate, left a permanent footprint in the annals of history.
“Unquestionably, humanity has lost a champion for democracy and the rights of the oppressed people of the world,” Mbumba said.
He noted that as a people who were occupied by the racist apartheid regime of South Africa, president Carter will be remembered by Namibians for his commitment to human rights and the civil rights movement in the US, which led to the adoption of progressive American policies in favour of independence across the globe.
The Namibian people in that vein, will not only recall Carter’s exceptional humanitarian work in Africa and elsewhere, but will also remember his foreign policy which supported the right of Africans and the Namibian people to self-determination.
“On behalf of the people and the government of the Republic of Namibia, I wish to extend sincere condolences to the Carter family and the people of the United States,” Mbumba concluded.
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