14:17, 17 февраля 2023, Bishkek - 24.kg news agency , Anastasia MOKRENKO
Sadyr Japarov expressed his condolences to the head of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon in connection with human casualties as a result of the natural disaster. Press service of the President of Kyrgyzstan reported.
«With deep sorrow, I received the news of the death of people as a result of avalanches on February 15, 2023 in Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region. On behalf of the Kyrgyz people and on my own behalf, I express my condolences to the families and friends of the victims, and I share their grief. I ask the Almighty for a speedy recovery of the injured,» the statement says.
According to foreign media, several avalanches in Tajikistan killed 20 people.