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Azerbaijan: President Aliyev offers condolences to German president

2016/07/24

Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev extended condolences to German President Joachim Gauck over the shooting in Munich July 23.

“I was deeply saddened by the news of casualties and injuries as a result of an armed attack at a shopping mall in Munich,” President Aliyev said in a letter of condolences.

“On behalf of the people of Azerbaijan and on my own behalf, I extend my deepest condolences to you, the families and loved ones of those who were killed and the whole people of Germany, and wish the injured the swiftest possible recovery,” said President Aliyev.

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