Dear Nursultan Abishevich,

I have been deeply saddened by the news of human casualties in the aftermath of a plane crash near the city of Almaty.

On behalf of the people of Azerbaijan and on my own I would like to express my sincere condolences to you, families and friends of those killed and all the people of Kazakhstan.

Ilham Aliyev
President of the Republic of Azerbaijan

Baku, 4 February 2013.