First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ivica Dacic sent a message of condolences to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, Sergey Lavrov following the tragic death of a large number of Russian citizens that lost their lives in a fire that engulfed a shopping mall in Kemerevo, Siberia.

Minister Dacic underlined that it was particularly heart wrenching that a large number of children perished in this tragedy. He asked his Russian colleague to convey, on behalf of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Serbia and on his own behalf, the expressions of deepest condolences to the families of the victims