President of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon has send a letter of condolences to the President of the Republic of Korea Park Geun-hye, which reads in part:
“Your Excellency,
It was with great sadness that I found the news on the sinking of the passenger ferry Sewol on the south-west coast of the Republic of Korea, which has claimed many lives. The death of young students in this accident has even more deeply saddened us.
Please accept deep sympathy on behalf of the Government and people of Tajikistan to the friendly people of Korea and pass on to the relatives of the demised our sincere condolences”.