United States Secretary of State Colin Powell was a patriot of the country and defended the interests of the state as he saw fit. This statement was made by the official representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia (MFA of the Russian Federation) Maria Zakharova on Monday, October 18.
Zakharova described the career of the politician who died on Monday as the embodiment of the American dream. According to her, the residents of the States associated hopes for changes for the better with Powell’s name, passed on to website Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation.
The spokesperson recalled that Powell followed the “dubious instructions” of the American authorities, which eventually led to the war in Iraq. The ex-secretary of state, she said, sincerely regretted his actions.
Former US Secretary of State Colin Powell has died at the age of 85 due to complications from COVID-19. The relatives stressed that he was fully vaccinated against the coronavirus.
In February 2003, at that time, Secretary Powell said that he had received first-hand information about the technologies for the production of biological weapons allegedly possessed by the head of Iraq, Saddam Hussein. From the rostrum of the United Nations, he showed a test tube of white powder, noting that it contained a sample of weapons of mass destruction. It was later revealed that Powell was misinformed by the CIA and the test tubes turned out to be fake.
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