Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau said Kosygin was like "Khrushchev without the rough edges, a fatherly man who was the forerunner of Mikhail Gorbachev".
Den canadiske premierminister Pierre Trudeau sagde, at Kosygin var som "Khrusjtjov, men uden de grove kanter, en faderlig mand, som var Mikhails Gorbatjovs forløber".