The Azerbaijani flag is lowered at the headquarters of the Council of Europe in Strasbourg (France) in connection with the mourning for the victims of the AZAL plane crash in Kazakhstan.

Axar.az reports that Permanent Representative of Azerbaijan to the Council of Europe Fakhraddin Ismayilov wrote on X.

"The tricolour flag of Azerbaijan in front of the headquarters of the Council of Europe in Strasbourg flies at half mast today, as the people of Azerbaijan are mourning the victims of the tragic airplane crash of December 25 that resulted in numerous casualties," he wrote.

It should be noted that an AZAL passenger plane, operating the Baku-Grozny flight, crashed near the city of Aktau, Kazakhstan, on December 25. Of the 67 people on board, 38 lost their lives, and 29 survived. Among them, 42 were from Azerbaijan, 16 from Russia, 6 from Kazakhstan, and 3 from Kyrgyzstan.