Azerbaijani Defense Minister Colonel-General Zakir Hasanov expressed condolences to Turkish National Defense Minister Hulusi Akar and Chief of the General Staff General Yasar Guler, haqqın.az reports citing the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry.
“News of the death of high-ranking military personnel, in particular the commander of the 8th Army Corps Elazig, General Osman Erbash, and the injury of the military as a result of the crash of a military helicopter of the ground forces of brotherly Turkey in Bitlis, as well as the injury of 11 military personnel as a result of the overturning of a military vehicle in the region Shirnak deeply saddened me.
Your pain is our pain.
May Allah Almighty rest the souls of the dead. I share the grief of their loved ones and express my deepest condolences to their families. I ask God to heal all the wounded.
Allah rihmyat elyasin “, – says the condolences.