Russian President Vladimir Putin has sent a telegram to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, expressing his sincere condolences over human victims and large-scale destruction caused by a powerful earthquake, the Kremlin’s press office reported on Saturday, APA reports citing TASS.
"Russia shares the pain and grief of those who have lost their near and dear as a result of this disaster and hopes for the quickest recovery of all those hurt in the quake," the telegram of the head of the Russian state says.