World leaders extend condolences to Azerbaijan over plane crash
World leaders have extended their condolences to Azerbaijan following the crash of the AZAL aircraft operating the Baku-Grozny flight.
Among those expressing sympathies are Recep Tayyip Erdogan, President of Türkiye; Vladimir Putin, President of Russia; Aleksandar Vučić, President of Serbia; Sadyr Zhaparov, President of Kyrgyzstan; Emomali Rahmon, President of Tajikistan; Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, President of Kazakhstan; Aleksandr Lukashenko, President of the Republic of Belarus; Isaac Herzog, President of the State of Israel; Masoud Pezeshkian, President of Iran; Serdar Berdimuhamedov, President of Turkmenistan; Rumen Radev, President of Bulgaria; Shehbaz Sharif, Prime Minister of Pakistan; Asif Ali Zardari, President of Pakistan; Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, Amir of the State of Qatar; Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the United Arab Emirates; Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates; Milorad Dodik, President of the Republic of Srpska; Miguel Díaz-Canel, President of Cuba; Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, President of Portugal; Sergey Melikov, Head of the Republic of Dagestan of the Russian Federation; Hussain Mohamed Latheef, Vice President of the Maldives; Željka Cvijanović, Chairwoman of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina; and Edi Rama, Prime Minister of Albania.
Additionally, the Organization of Turkic States, the governments of Saudi Arabia and Egypt, officials from various states and governments, several Ministries of Foreign Affairs, speakers of parliaments of friendly countries, embassies in Azerbaijan, and representatives of international organizations conveyed their condolences. They expressed their sympathies to the families and loved ones of the victims and wished a swift recovery to the injured.