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Russia Had No Talks With Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan to Develop Versions of Aktau Plane Crash

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Moscow does not hold any negotiations with representatives of the foreign ministries of Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan on the development of versions of the plane crash in Aktau, and reports about it are disinformation of political order, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Friday.

"There have been no negotiations on this issue with the foreign ministries of these countries. The investigation into the causes of the plane crash is being carried out by specialized agencies. It is obvious that there is a political order behind such malicious disinformation. We consider attempts to make publicity out of people's tragedy unworthy and unacceptable," the ministry said in a statement.

An Azerbaijan Airlines Embraer 190 plane flying from Baku to Russia’s Grozny crashed on the morning of December 25 near the city of Aktau in western Kazakhstan. According to Russia's Federal Agency for Air Transport (Rosaviatsiya), after the plane collided with birds, the captain of the plane decided to divert to an alternate airfield in Aktau.