Asmara, 20 May 2024 – President Isaias Afwerki has extended his deepest condolences to Mr. Mohammad Mokhber, the Interim President of the Islamic Republic of Iran, following the tragic helicopter crash near Jolfa in Eastern Azerbaijan province. The crash claimed the lives of Mr. Ebrahim Raisi, President of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Mr. Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, and other senior officials.
President Isaias Afwerki expressed his sincere sympathies on behalf of the Government and the people of Eritrea, as well as on his own behalf, to Mr. Mohammad Mokhber, Government and people of the Islamic Republic of Iran as well as to the families of the deceased.