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Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on Tuesday addressed a message of condolences to Italian Premier Giuseppe Conte on the deadly bridge collapse in Genoa, which claimed dozens of lives.

The message, released by the PM’s official website, reads:

“People in Armenia were deeply grieved over the tragic news of a bridge collapse in Genoa, which has caused numerous casualties.

Expressing my most profound sympathy and support to you and to the friendly people of Italy, I wish endurance and fortitude to the victims’ families, as well as a speedy recovery to all those injured.”

At least 35 people were killed when a bridge collapsed in the Italian port city of Genoa, police said on Wednesday after firemen worked through the night looking for any survivors buried under the rubble, Reuters reports.

“The latest official number is 35 but we can’t rule out it could rise further,” a spokeswoman for the police in Genoa said.

A 50-meter (160-foot) high section of the Morandi bridge, including a tower that anchored several stays, crashed down with as many as 35 vehicles driving on it on Tuesday. Huge slabs of reinforced concrete plunged onto two warehouses, train tracks and a riverbed.