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Home / Newsroom / Press Statements, Transcripts & Photos / MFA Press Statement: Condolence Letter from Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong to Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel on the Cubana de Aviación Air Crash, on 18 May 2018

MFA Press Statement: Condolence Letter from Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong to Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel on the Cubana de Aviación Air Crash, on 18 May 2018

21 May 2018

Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has written to President Miguel Díaz-Canel of the Republic of Cuba to convey his condolences on the crash of the Cubana de Aviación flight on 18 May 2018.

The letter is appended.

. . . . .

MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS

SINGAPORE

21 MAY 2018

Letter from Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong to President Miguel Díaz-Canel of the Republic of Cuba

21 May 2018

Dear President Díaz-Canel

I am deeply saddened to learn of the crash of the Cubana de Aviación flight on 18 May 2018 and the tragic loss of lives of the passengers and crew on board. On behalf of the Government of the Republic of Singapore, I extend our deepest condolences to the families of the victims. Our thoughts are with the bereaved families and the people of Cuba during this difficult period.

Yours sincerely

LEE HSIEN LOONG

His Excellency Miguel Díaz-Canel

President of the Council of State and Council of Ministers

Republic of Cuba

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