Heads of both houses of Belarus parliament visit Azerbaijani embassy in Minsk

Chairperson of Belarus’s Council of the Republic of the National Assembly Natalya Kochanova and Chairman of the House of Representatives of the National Assembly Igor Sergeyenko visited the Azerbaijani embassy in Minsk and left notes in book of condolences, Report informs via Belta.

The parliamentarians expressed their condolences for the numerous casualties caused by the crash of an AZAL passenger plane in Kazakhstan. They also wished a speedy recovery to those injured in the accident.

In response, the Azerbaijani ambassador to Belarus, Maharram Aliyev, expressed gratitude to the Belarusian people for their support.

On December 25, an AZAL passenger aircraft on a Baku-Grozny flight crashed near Aktau, Kazakhstan. Among the 67 people on board, 42 were Azerbaijani citizens, 16 were Russian, 6 were Kazakh, and 3 were Kyrgyz. Tragically, 38 individuals lost their lives, while 29 survived.