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Syria's Envoy to UN Jaafari Extends Condolences Over Russia's Churkin's Death

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Syria's Envoy to UN Jaafari Extends Condolences Over Russia's Churkin's Death

20:49 GMT 20.02.2017 (Updated: 20:54 GMT 20.02.2017)

Syria's UN ambassador and head of the government delegation Bashar al-Jaafari gives a press conference following Syria peace talks in Astana on January 24, 2017. - Sputnik International

Syrian envoy to the UN extended condolences over Russia's deceased UN Ambassador Vitaly Churkin.

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Russian Ambassador to the UN Vitaly Churkin Dies

20 February 2017, 17:11 GMT

GENEVA (Sputnik) — Syria's envoy to the UN Bashar Jaafari on Monday extended condolences over Russia's deceased UN Ambassador Vitaly Churkin.

"I have heard with very deep sorrow the bad news… I instructed my staff to send my sincere condolences because I'm in Damascus right now," Jaafari told Sputnik.

Churkin, 64, who has served as Russia's Permanent Representative to UN since April, 2006, died in New York earlier on Monday.