Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan sent a letter of condolences to his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev on occasion of a natural disaster in Russia.

“I learned with great sorrow of the natural disaster in central regions of Russia, which has caused human losses and destructions. It is a sorrow to know that thousands of people have been made homeless by large-scale fires, while the country has suffered material losses.

Please convey my sympathies to the families and friends of the victims, as well as wishes of soonest recovery to victims of the natural disaster,” the letter reads.