BAKU, December 28. /TASS/. Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has said that at Baku’s initiative, an international group of experts was created which will participate in the investigation into the causes of the crash of a passenger plane operated by Azerbaijan Airlines near Aktau in Kazakhstan.

According to the Azerbaijani presidential press service, Aliyev mentioned this during a phone conversation with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin.

"President Ilham Aliyev announced that, at Azerbaijan's initiative, a team of international experts has been formed to investigate the causes of the accident in detail, and this team has already begun its work," the press service said.