North Korea sends sympathy message to Russian president over plane crash

KCNA, Pyongyang
8 May 06

Pyongyang, 8 May: Kim Yong-nam, president of the Presidium of the DPRK
[Democratic People’s Republic of Korea] Supreme People’s Assembly, on
4 May sent a message of sympathy to Russian President V.V. Putin as
regards the human losses caused by the crash of an Yerevan-Sochi
airbus of the Armenian Airline.
In the message he evinced deep sympathy with the Russian president
and, through him, with the bereaved families and expressed the belief
that the Russian leadership would heal the aftermath at an early date.