“Dear Mr. President, please accept our sincere condolences for the loss of passengers and crew of the flight from Kunming to Guangzhou,” the Kremlin said.

He stated that Russia shares the pain of those who lost their families and loved ones in that tragedy.

A China Eastern Airlines Boeing 737 with 132 passengers on board had an accident while flying from Kunming, in Yunnan province, to Guangzhou, towards Guangdong.

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