
Azerbaijani president Ilham Aliyev sent a letter of condolence to Russian president Dmitri Medvedev, about a fatal plane crash near Petrozavodsk in Russia. Below is a text of the letter:
"Esteemed Dmitry Anatolyevich!
The news of heavy human loss caused by a plane crash near Petrozavodsk has been a source of great sorrow to me.
On behalf of the people of Azerbaijan and on my own behalf, I offer sincere condolences to you, families and relatives of the dead and all the people of Russia.
Ilham Aliyev,
President of the Republic of Azerbaijan"
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