From 78 world leaders tentatively coming to Peres funeral
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleFrench President Francois Hollande and former French president Nicolas Sarkozy have confirmed they will attend Peres’s funeral. EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini and President of the European Council Donald Tusk have also confirmed they will come. German President Joachim Gauck will attend, but Chancellor Merkel will not.
Some 78 world leaders and dignitaries are tentatively scheduled to attend the ceremony in Jerusalem.
Croatian President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović, Romanian President Klaus Iohannis, UK Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson, Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto and NY Governor Andrew Cuomo are among the 78 people on the “tentative” list.
According to the Walla news site, Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales will attend.
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