The Minister of Emergency Situations of Russia, Alexander Kurenkov, expressed condolences to the Armenian side regarding the explosion in Yerevan. He announced this at the meeting of the Emergency Situations Council of the CSTO member states.
The session began with a minute's silence in memory of those killed and injured due to the explosion in Yerevan, as well as the former Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, Yevgeny Zinichev, who died in 2021. due to an accident during training in September.