On April 15, NKR President Bako Sahakyan sent letter of condolences to President of the People's Republic of China, General Secretary of the Central Committee of Chinese Communist Party Hu Jintao, NKR Presidential Press Service informed NEWS.am.

“On behalf Nagorno-Karabagh people and authorities I express my deepest condolences and support to you and the fraternal Chinese people for the earthquake in the Qinghai region claiming hundreds of lives. Armenian people themselves suffered the severity of such a disaster. In the hour of nationwide grief we share with you all the desiderium and wish relatives and kins of teh vistims endurance and fortitude,” the letter reads.