TO HIS EXCELLENCY
THE HONORABLE GIORGIO NAPOLITANO
PRESIDENT OF THE ITALIAN REPUBLIC
PALAZZO DEL QUIRINALE
00187 ROME
AT THE MOMENT I LEAVE ROME TO GO TO VISIT THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF EUROPE, I AM DELIGHTED TO ADDRESS TO YOU, MR. PRESIDENT, MY DEFERENTIAL GREETING, WHICH I ACCOMPANY WITH FERVENT WISHES FOR THE SPIRITUAL, CIVIL AND SOCIAL WELLBEING OF THE ITALIAN PEOPLE, TO WHOM I GLADLY SEND MY BLESSING.
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[Original text: Italian] [Translation by ZENIT]HIS EXCELLENCY DIDIER BURKHALTER
PRESIDENT OF THE SWISS CONFEDERATION
BERN
I SEND CORDIAL GREETINGS TO YOUR EXCELLENCY, AS I FLY OVER SWITZERLAND ON MY WAY TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF EUROPE. WITH PRAYERS FOR THE NATION AND ITS PEOPLE, I INVOKE UPON ALL OF YOU THE LORD’S ABUNDANT BLESSINGS.
[Original Text: English]HIS EXCELLENCY MR. FRANCOIS HOLLANDE
PRESIDENT OF THE FRENCH REPUBLIC
PARIS
I GREET YOU CORDIALLY, WHILE I FLY OVER YOUR COUNTRY TO GO TO THE SEAT OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL OF EUROPE. ON THIS CENTENARY OF THE START OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR, I ARDENTLY WISH FOR FRANCE, AND FOR THE WHOLE OF EUROPE, PEACE AND PROSPERITY. MAY GOD BLESS YOUR NATION AND ALL ITS INHABITANTS.
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[Original text: French] [Translation by ZENIT]
