Paris: President Emmanuel Macron of France expressed his solaces over the death of the country's former leader, Valery Giscard d'Estaing, the presidential press service said in a statement.

The former President of Giscard d'Estaing in the year 1974-1981, died at the age of 94 in his family home in Loir-et-Cher on Wednesday, the family said. Local media reported that the politician was diagnosed with coronavirus and had a heart problem at age of 94, died of the consequences of COVID-19. The statement said, "The guidelines set by him for France are still determining our steps. The servant of the state, the politician of progress and freedom: his death is a mourning for the French people. The president of the republic and his wife are expressing sincere condolences to his wife, children and relatives, residents of the Auvergne region, those supporting him and his ideas, as well as the whole French nation."

Giscard d'Estaing had made a notable contribution to the development of European integration, as well as the stabilization of the international political and economic situation by founding G7, said the press service.

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