Baku, Azerbaijan, July 18
By Elchin Mehdiyev – Trend:
Azerbaijan immediately responded to the terrorist attack in Nice, France, at the level of government and ordinary citizens, and this support is an evidence of the friendship between the two countries and peoples, said France’s Ambassador to Azerbaijan Aurelia Bouchez.
Bouchez made the remarks July 18 during opening of a book of condolences at the French embassy in Baku.
“Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev, First Lady Mehriban Aliyeva, Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov and other officials expressed condolences to France in connection with the terrorist attack in Nice,” said the ambassador. “In such a difficult moment, they expressed their support for us.”
A book of condolences has been opened by the French embassy in Azerbaijan in memory of the victims of the Nice terror attack.
French city of Nice was hit by a terrorist attack on July 14 night.
Reports indicate that a truck plowed into crowds watching a fireworks display on France's Bastille Day national holiday on the Nice seafront.
France’s Interior Ministry said 84 people were killed in the attack.