Kyrgyz President Offers Condolences to China Over Tibet Floods

Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov has conveyed his deepest condolences to Chinese President Xi Jinping following devastating floods in China's Tibet Autonomous Region. The disaster has claimed lives and left hundreds missing, prompting a message of sympathy from Kyrgyzstan.

The floods struck Gyirong County, part of the Shigatse prefecture in Tibet, near the border with Nepal. As of August 28, official reports indicated that three people had died and 558 were missing in Tibet due to the natural disaster. Among the missing are 260 foreign nationals.

Neighboring Nepal has been severely impacted, with the death toll reaching 469 and nearly a thousand people unaccounted for. The scale of the tragedy underscores the destructive power of the recent flooding in the region.

Fortunately, preliminary information from China's authorities, as relayed by Kyrgyzstan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, suggests that no citizens of Kyrgyzstan are among the victims in either Tibet or Nepal. This news provides some relief amidst the widespread devastation.

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I received the news of the deaths and disappearances of people as a result of the floods in Gyirong County, Tibet Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China, with deep sorrow. On behalf of the people of Kyrgyzstan and myself personally, I express my deep condolences to the families and loved ones of the deceased and share their grief, and I wish the injured a speedy recovery.