OSCE Chairperson "concerned" over the incident in Nagorno-Karabakh conflict zone

The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Kazakhstan's State Secretary and Foreign Minister Kanat Saudabayev, expressed serious concern today over a fatal incident that took place during the night of 18 to 19 June at the Line of Contact in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict zone.

There is no sensible alternative to the continuation of negotiations on the peaceful settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict," Saudabayev said in his statement. "Effective measures should be taken to prevent similar incidents from happening in the future."

According to reports by the Defence Ministries of Armenia and Azerbaijan, the armed incident that took place during the night of 18 to 19 June on the northern part of the Line of Contact resulted in casualties on both sides. The incident occurred immediately after the meeting of the Azerbaijani and Armenian presidents held in St. Petersburg June 17 at the invitation of Russian President to continue negotiations for a peaceful settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.

Saudabayev stressed: "I lend unconditional support for the efforts undertaken within the Minsk Group framework to channel the negotiations into constructive dialogue. I have entrusted my Personal Representative, Ambassador Andrzej Kasprzyk, to work closely with the Minsk Group Co-Chairs to seek ways to peacefully resolve the protracted conflict."


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