Rescue workers and civilians clean up the site of a fire where multiple people died at a coronavirus hospital ward in the al-Hussein Teaching Hospital, in Nasiriyah, Iraq, July 13, 2021. (KHALID MOHAMMED / AP)
BEIJING – Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday sent a message of condolence to Iraqi President Barham Salih over a fire accident that resulted in heavy casualties at a hospital in the Middle East country.
In his message, Xi, on behalf of the Chinese government and people, expressed deep condolences to the victims and extended sincere sympathies to the bereaved families and the injured.
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