Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev expressed his condolences over the death of Vietnamese President Tran Dai Quang in a message to the chairwoman of Vietnamese National Assembly, Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan, the Kazakh president's press service said on Saturday.
ALMATY (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 22nd September, 2018) Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev expressed his condolences over the death of Vietnamese President Tran Dai Quang in a message to the chairwoman of Vietnamese National Assembly, Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan, the Kazakh president's press service said on Saturday.
Media reported that the 61-year-old president passed away at 10:05 a.m. local time (03:05 GMT) on Friday after being in a critical condition and undergoing medical treatment.
"Sharing the irreparable loss, on the part of the Kazakh people and on my part I express my deepest condolences to you and to the family and friends of the deceased," Nazarbayev's message said.
The message added that Quang had made a significant contribution to strengthening the partnership between the two countries, the press service said.