Armenia’s President Sent Telegram of Condolences to Turkish President

The President of the Republic of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan sent a telegram of condolences to the President of the Republic of Turkey Abdullah Gul on the occasion of the accident in the Western Turkish province of Manisa’s Soma district which took away the lives of hundreds of Turkish citizens.

According to the Department of Mass Media and Public Relations of the President’s Staff of the Republic of Armenia, the President of Armenia extended his deepest sympathy to President Gul and Turkish people, sent words of comfort to the relatives of the victims wishing the injured a speedy recovery. 

An explosion and fire in a coal mine in western Turkey killed at least 282 coal miners and trapped hundreds more on Tuesday.