UNSG expresses condolences over air crash in Kazakhstan

By Anjali Sharma
UNITED NATIONS- According to media reports on Thursday 38 people were killed in the Azerbaijan Airlines flight from Baku to Grozny that crashed in western Kazakhstan on Wednesday.

UN spokesperson office said that the Secretary-General António Guterres released a statement late on Wednesday, expressed his sadness at the news, and his condolences to the families of those killed, who included citizens of Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, and Russia.

The statement added that the International Civil Aviation Authority, the UN agency for global airspace cooperation, expressed sadness at the loss of life in a social media post, as did UNICEF.

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