The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Kazakhstan's State Secretary and Foreign Minister Kanat Saudabayev, expressed serious concern 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 and called for measures to prevent similar incidents in future.

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

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."