Canada’s PM Trudeau holds talks with World Jewish Congress / Lauder welcomes Nobel Peace Prize for Colombia’s President Santos

WJC President Lauder: Colombia’s Juan Manuel Santos deserves Nobel Peace Prize„President Santos thoroughly deserves this award. He really is a peace-maker,” World Jewish Congress President Ronald Lauder said in reaction to the news that the Colombian leader was awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace.

Canada’s PM Trudeau holds talks with World Jewish CongressWJC President Ronald S. Lauder and a delegation met in Ottawa with Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and other senior government officials for an exchange of views.

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