First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Serbia Ivica Dacic sent today a message of condolences to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran Mohammad Javad Zarif, at the plane crash in southern Iran, killing more than sixty people.

"On behalf of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Serbia and on my own behalf, I would like to express heartfelt condolences at the accident that took a toll on the life of more than sixty passengers. Please convey my sympathies to the bereaved families of passenger- and crew-member victims.

It is difficult to find words of consolation for the families and friends who have lost their loved ones, but I am confident that my country is a true and reliable friend, ready to offer any available assistance," reads the telegram of condolences of Minister Dacic.