New Delhi:
Chinese Ambassador to India Sun Weidong thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for offering prayers and condolences after the crash of a passenger plane in Guangxi, China on Monday.
On Twitter, the Chinese envoy said: “Thank you to Prime Minister @narendramodi and Indian friends for your prayers and sympathy for the loss in the plane crash. Chinese President Xi Jinping has ordered full search and rescue and proper settlement of the aftermath. To the victims, deepest condolences to their families.”
Prime Minister Modi expressed his grief over the passenger plane crash in China.
“Deeply shocked and saddened to hear of the crash of MU5735 passenger flight MU5735 with 132 on board in Guangxi, China. Our thoughts and prayers are with the victims of the crash and their families,” he tweeted.
A China Eastern Airlines plane with 132 people on board crashed Monday in southern China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, triggering a forest fire, Sputnik reported, according to China Central Television (CCTV).
According to CCTV, search and rescue operations are underway, the Russian news agency reported.
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