Baku / 26.03.18 / Turan: Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev sent a telegram of condolences to the President of the Russian Federation in connection with numerous victims as a result of a fire in the commercial center of the city of Kemerovo.
"I was deeply saddened by the news of numerous human casualties as a result of a fire in a shopping center in the city of Kemerovo. I express my sincere condolences to you, relatives and friends of the deceased, and I wish a speedy recovery to the injured," the message says.
As a result of the fire, according to the latest data, 53 people were killed, and 16 are reported missing.
According to preliminary information, there are no citizens of Azerbaijan among the dead and injured, the official representative of the country's Foreign Ministry, Hikmet Hajiyev, stated.-06D--
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