From Vietnam to Germany, leaders from around the globe paid tribute late Sen. John McCain over the weekend -- praising his committment to world peace and diplomacy. McCain was "a tireless fighter for a strong trans-Atlantic alliance; his significance went well beyond his own country," Merkel said. She added: "John McCain was led by the firm conviction that the sense of all political work lies in service to freedom, democracy and the rule of law. Yair Lapid, head of the opposition Yesh Atid Party, lauded McCain as "a soldier with integrity in a world of politicians." Back in Vietnam, the communist country’s former ambassador to Washington, Nguyen Quoc Cuong, praised McCain’s role in normalizing relations between Washington and Hanoi.

Source: Fox News August 26, 2018 18:00 UTC