OREANDA-NEWS  First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Serbia Ivica Dacic sent a telegram of condolences to Minister of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China Wang Yi, at the loss of human lives in the earthquake that hit China's Sichuan province.

"I was deeply moved by the news of human losses and a large number of casualties in the earthquake that struck your country.

I take this opportunity to extend to you and to the friendly people of China the expressions of most heartfelt condolences, on behalf of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Serbia and on my own behalf.

At these difficult moments, we profoundly sympathize with the families that have lost their loved ones", reads the telegram of condolences of Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic.