On January 25, 2011, Chinese President Hu Jintao sent a condolence message to his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev over the heavy casualties caused by the terrorist attack at Moscow's Domodedovo Airport. Hu, on behalf of the Chinese government and people, sent sincere condolences to the victims' families, wished an early recovery for the injured, and expressed deep mourning for the victims.
The Chinese president said China condemns terrorist actions in any form, and firmly backs Russia's measures against terrorism. He also said China is willing to strengthen cooperation with Russia within bilateral and Shanghai Cooperation Organization frameworks to fight the "three forces," namely terrorism, separatism and extremism, protect the security of lives and property of the Chinese and Russian peoples, and safeguard regional and world peace, stability and safety.
On the same day, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao sent a condolence message to his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin to express mourning for the blast's victims and share his condolences with the victims' families and the injured.