The message reads, in part:
“We will always remember him as a courageous person, who as a young man fought in the Greek Resistance against Nazi invaders, and as a good friend of Russia, who did a great deal as President and in his other high state offices to promote mutually beneficial cooperation between our countries.”
The President of Russia asked that his deep condolences be conveyed to the family and dear ones of the deceased and to the Greek people as a whole.