Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing called Indonesian Minister of Foreign Affairs Hassan Wirayuda on Sunday to mourn over the death of an Indonesian citizen in an air crash in northern China.

The Chinese foreign minister also pledged to provide all conveniences for the family members of the bereaved when they come to China.

The Indonesian foreign minister expressed his condolences over the tragedy.

Early Sunday morning, a Bombardier CRJ-200 of the China Eastern Airlines crashed at the suburb of Baotou City, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, seconds after it took off for the eastern China metropolis Shanghai, killing 53 people aboard and one more on the ground.

(Xinhua News Agency November 22, 2004)