Ghasemi offers condolences over demise of Russian envoy in UN

Ghasemi expressed his sympathies over Churkin's sudden death, with the Russian government, particularly his colleagues in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation as well as his family.

Churkin, who served as Russia's Permanent Representative to the United Nations from 2006, died suddenly in New York on Monday after being taken ill at work.

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