Klaus, Havel, pay tribute to memory of Ronald Reagan

Shortly before leaving for Normandy Czech President Vaclav Klaus became one of many heads of state to pay tribute to former U.S. President Ronald Reagan, who died at the age of 93 on Saturday. Mr Klaus honoured Mr Reagan's legacy by calling him one of the greatest statesmen of the last era. He added that without Mr Reagan's involvement the fall of Communism in Europe would not have come so swiftly and would not have been as peaceful.

Mr Klaus' predecessor Vaclav Havel also rued the death of the former U.S. president at the weekend.