Chinese President Jiang Zemin sent a message to Bahraini Emir Sheikh Hamad Bin Isa al-Khalifa Thursday, expressing his condolences on the Airbus crash in Bahrain Wednesday night.
Jiang expressed his shock after learning that a Gulf Air passenger plane crashed in Bahrain, that killed all the 143 people on board.
"I wish to express profound condolences on behalf of the Chinese government and people, and in my own name, to the victims and to your majesty and through you to the families of the victims, the friendly state of Bahrain, as well as our sincere sympathy to the governments and peoples of the United Arab Emirates, Qatar and Oman, to which the Gulf Air belongs," Jiang said in the message.
（People’s Daily 08/24/2000）
