Dear Viktor Fedorovych,

I have been deeply saddened by the news of human casualties in the aftermath of an explosion on the Sukhodolskaya-Vostochnaya mine in Lugansk region.

I would like to express condolences to you and next of kin of those killed and wish a speedy recovery to the wounded.
Ilham Aliyev

President of the Republic of Azerbaijan

Baku, 29 July 2011.