Quote by: Helmut Kohl

Russia is Germany's most important neighbor in the East, and it will remain so.


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  • NameHelmut Kohl
  • Descriptionformer chancellor of West Germany (1982-1990) and then the united Germany (1990-1998)
  • AliasesHelmut Josef Michael Kohl
  • BornApril 3, 1930
  • CountryGermany
  • ProfessionPolitician; Historian; Political Scientist
  • Awards; Leo-Baeck-Award (Germany); Jawaharlal Nehru Award For International Understanding; Decoration Of Honour For Services To The Republic Of Austria; Order Of Merit Of The Italian Republic; Charlemagne Prize; Honorary Citizen Of Berlin; Honorary Citizen Of Frankfurt Am Main; Order Of Merit Of Baden-Württemberg; Order Of The White Eagle; Eric-M.-Warburg-Award; Order Of The White Lion; Knight Grand Cross Of The Order Of St Michael And St George; Presidential Medal Of Freedom; European Hancraft Prize; Princess Of Asturias Award For International Cooperation; Hanns Martin Schleyer Prize; Robert Schuman Medal