Dear Mr. President,

I have been deeply saddened by the news of numerous casualties and destruction in the aftermath of a major scale natural disaster in the north-east of your country.

On my own behalf and on behalf of the people of Azerbaijan, I express my deepest condolences to you, families and friends of the victims and all the people of Afghanistan over the tragedy and I wish those injured a speedy recovery.

May Allah rest the souls of the victims in peace!

Ilham Aliyev
President of the Republic of Azerbaijan

Baku, 5 May 2014