Posted by HCN on Tuesday, December 10, 2013
Intensity of relations and non-relations of governments have existed over thousands of years. China versus Japan, Iran versus Iraq, and the list stops here, as what is past, has past. There are leaders that have reached levels that can be described as eclat. The normality amongst leaders despite intensities of rifts past, often is to show gestures of respect whereon appropriate moments.
There were media news stories portraying the financial expenses involved in attending the Mandela memorial in Soweto. It seems that there is a consensus that presence is worth the expense.
At the Mandela memorial, the handshake between Raul Castro of Cuba and President Obama, was called 'historic'.
Further reading:
http://www.latimes.com/world/worldnow/la-fg-wn-netanyahu-to-skip-mandela-memorial-20131209,0,5630155.story#axzz2n5fIULFk
