His Holiness the Dalai Lama Offers Condolences to the People of Poland

Zurich: His Holiness the Dalai Lama offered his condolences to the people of Poland for the loss of President Kaczynski, and all the others who died in a tragic air crash in a letter to the Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk sent on 10th April, 2010.

His Holiness "recalled having been privileged to meet the President when he visited Poland and expressed his admiration for the late President's dedication to the cause of freedom, democracy and human rights".

President Lech Kaczynski, 60, and other senior figures including Poland's army chief, central bank governor, MPs and military heads were among the 97 people on board the plane that crashed in thick fog in Smolensk, Russia. The mishap occurred when the president and his entourage were travelling to Russia to take part in the official commemoration ceremony of the 70th anniversary of the Katyn massacre.

Source: tibetcustom.com/