Tributes from world leaders praise Henry Kissinger

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

63% : Israeli President Isaac Herzog said as he met US Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Tel Aviv that Kissinger 'laid the cornerstone of the peace agreement, which (was) later signed with Egypt, and so many other processes around the world I admire.'Messages came in from senior US political figures at home, too.
58% : Kissinger, arguably the most identifiable secretary of state in modern times, grew wealthy later in life helping businesses for decades after his government career.
52% : Chinese President Hu Jintao stands alongside former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger after being introduced in Washington, DC, January 20, 2011China's President Xi Jinping, right, listens to Henry Kissinger, who led the China-U.S Track Two Dialogue, during a meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, Nov. 2, 2015While he has long been a controversial figure, it was clear from the tributes that he enjoyed deference across politics and continents.
50% : He was a great statesman and a deeply respected diplomat who will be greatly missed on the world stage.'The former prime minister said he had met Kissinger 'a few months ago', when the pair discussed Iran, Russia and the war in Ukraine.
50% : Former British prime minister Tony Blair speaks to former US secretary of state Henry Kissinger during a ceremony marking one year since the death of the late Israeli president Shimon Peres on September 14, 2017 in JerusalemGerman Chancellor Angela Merkel joins former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger on the stage during a conference titled '70 Years of Marshall Plan' organised by the German Marshall Funds of the United States at the Deutsches Historisches Museum in Berlin on June 21, 2017Russian President Vladimir Putin (left) and former US Secretary of State and National Security Adviser Henry Kissinger smile as they meet in Russia in 2004Russian President Vladimir Putin praised Kissinger for his contribution to US-Soviet relations and described him as a 'wise and visionary statesman.'READ MORE: How Henry Kissinger escaped Nazi Germany in 1938 only to return as a US Army Sergeant seven years later and liberate the Ahlem concentration campAdvertisement'Henry Kissinger's name is inextricably linked with his pragmatic foreign policy, which in its time paved the way for a detente in international tensions and made it possible to reach the most important Soviet-American agreements that contributed to strengthening global security,' Putin said, is a statement released by the Kremlin.
40% : READ MORE - Henry Kissinger dies aged 100: Former US Secretary of State passes away at home in ConnecticutAdvertisement'Most saddened to hear that Henry Kissinger has passed away,' the UK's Cameron wrote on X, formerly Twitter. '

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