PAPAL TELEGRAM FOR AIR DISASTER IN GEORGIA

VATICAN CITY, OCT 26, 2000 (VIS) - Cardinal Angelo Sodano, secretary of state, has sent a telegram in the Holy Father's name to the apostolic nuncio for the Russian authorities, on occasion of the crash yesterday near Batumi, Georgia, of the plane of the Ministry of Defense. He expressed the Pope's condolences for the victims of the air disaster and promised his prayers for the victims and their families.

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