Tokayev offers condolences to Chinese Chairman Xi Jinping over quake victims

President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev extended condolences to Chairman of the People’s Republic of China Xi Jinping over numerous casualties due to the earthquake in northwestern China, Kazinform News Agency cites Akorda. 

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Photo: Akorda

I received the news about the deaths of your fellow countrymen due to the destructive earthquake in Gansu Province with deep sorrow. Expressing condolences to you and the families who lost their close ones due to the disaster, I’d say that the people of Kazakhstan share the pain of irreparable loss of the Chinese people during this difficult period. I wish a speedy recovery to those suffered and safe return of those missing to their families, reads the letter of condolences.

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