The President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov expressed condolences to the President of Kazakhstan Kasym-Zhomart Tokaev in connection with large-scale forest fires in the Abay region of the republic. This was reported by the newspaper “Neutral Turkmenistan”.
Berdimuhamedov on behalf of the people and the government of Turkmenistan, and also from himself personally conveyed the words of deep empathy and support to the relatives and friends of the dead and the wishes of the speedy restoration of the injured territories.
The National leader of the Turkmen people, Chairman of the Hulk Maslahata (Upper House of Parliament), Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, also sent a telegram of condolences. “At this difficult moment, we share with you the bitterness of irreparable losses,” the message says with an expression of sympathy and support, a desire for the speedy elimination of the consequences of a natural disaster.
As a result of a large -scale forest fire in the Abay region, the area of which amounted to 60 thousand hectares, 14 employees of the Novoshulbinsk branch of the RSU “GLPR” of the Ormani Famines “were killed.
Tokaev announced in Kazakhstan on June 12 in the afternoon of national mourning.