Ministry of defence Republic of Serbia
 
26.03.2018.

Telegram of condolences to the Minister of Defence of the Russian Federation




 
The Minister of Defence of the Republic of Serbia, Aleksandar Vulin, sent a telegram of condolences to the Minister of Defence of the Russian Federation General of the Army, Sergei Kuzhugetovich Shoigu, on the occasion of the tragedy that took place in a shopping centre in the town of Kemerovo.
 
The telegram reads:
 
“The most important asset of modern human society is the lives of our children, which, unfortunately, were tragically stopped and endangered by a fire in a shopping centre in the city of Kemerovo, where children and adults were killed due to gas poisoning, with a large number of injured.
 
All members of the Ministry of Defence and the Serbian Armed Forces stand together with you in sharing the pain of our brotherly Russian people.
 
Please convey our deepest sympathy to the families of the perished on behalf of all members of the Ministry of Defence and the Serbian Armed Forces and me personally, and our wishes for quick recovery to the injured.”