The Government of Nicaragua lamented this Monday the air disaster that occurred in the south of China, its new political ally, in which a passenger plane crashed with 132 people on board.
“With the love and deep feelings of solidarity of the Nicaraguan families and people, we write to you, identified with your pain and that of the families that in the Guangxi region have suffered irreparable loss of loved ones as a result of the aviation tragedy. ”, the president of Nicaragua, Daniel Ortega, wrote to his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping.
The Boeing 737-800, owned by China Eastern Airlines, crashed today in the southern Chinese province of Guangxi, with 132 people on board, in what is already considered the worst civil air disaster in the Asian country in the last 12 years.
On the ship, which covered the route between the cities of Kunming (southwest) and Canton (southeast), 123 passengers and 9 crew members were traveling.
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“The most sincere expressions of appreciation and union of solidarity go to you, to the relatives and friends of those who have left, confident that the energies of the universe will allow us to transcend these sad moments, with the admirable strength of the spirit of the People’s Republic of China. , of the Communist Party of China, his and that of his great people,” Ortega added.
Nicaragua reestablished diplomatic relations with China last December, after breaking the ties it maintained for 31 years with Taiwan, which the Asian giant considers a rebellious province.
