President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner and US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton
The US Government assured they are closely following the evolution of President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner’s health, after the surgery she underwent to remove a a thyroid tumour, and highlighted the Head of State’s “very good” relationship with Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton.
The spokeswoman for the Department of State, Victoria Nuland, thus replied to an Argentine journalist during a routine press conference.
“Clinton is closely following the situation,” the official said, and added that the former First Lady holds a close relationship with Fernández de Kirchner, according to sources of the US embassy in Argentina. “We are concerned about her health,” she added.
Likewise, former Brazilian President Luis Inácio Lula Da Silva congratulated the Head of State for the satisfactory outcome of her surgery and highlighted the courage with which she faced her circumstances.
“I received the news that your surgery went well with joy. I’ve followed the courageous attitude you have shown whilst facing this challenge,” Lula, who is also undergoing a treatment to fight a larynx cancer he was diagnosed two months ago, added.
“I’m certain that we are together and that we will soon meet again, both of us in good health, and you, like usual, full of energy and your willingness to keep on representing the Argentine people as well as you do,” he said.
Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez spoke with Fernández de Kirchner on the phone before her surgery and expressed his confidence on her speedy recovery, official Venezuelan sources confirmed.
Chávez, who underwent a surgery to remove a tumour in Cuba last June, called the Presiden”t to wish her, her family and all the Argentine people a happy new year,” according to a communiqué released by the Foreign Ministry.
During their phone conversation, “Chávez inquired about the President’s health, expressing his optimism over the result of her surgery and his confidence that she will make a speedy recovery,” the statement concluded.
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