World leaders cancel trip to Poland
April 18th, 2010 - 3:32 pm ICT by BNO News
WASHINGTON, D.C. (BNO NEWS) — World leaders were forced on Saturday to skip the Sunday’s state funeral of President Lech Kaczynski because of the volcanic ash.
U.S. President Barack Obama, French President Nicolas Sarkozy, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Britain’s Prince Charles, Sweden’s King Carl XVI, Turkish President Abdullah Gul, Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero and South Korean Prime Minister Chung Un-Chan announced they couldn’t attend the funeral.
Delegations from India and Japan also have canceled the funeral trip.
Meanwhile, leaders from Romania, Estonia, Hungary, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Ukrania and Slovenia are traveling to Krakow by car.
European air traffic officials on Saturday said the cloud of volcanic ash from Iceland will continue to impact flights across north and central Europe until at least Sunday afternoon.
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- Eurocontrol: Impact of volcanic ash to continue until at least Sunday afternoon - Apr 17, 2010
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- Most Poles object to burying dead president alongside country's heroes and royalty - Apr 15, 2010
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