ISLAMABAD: The Embassy of Kazakhstan in Islamabad lowered the national flag to half-mast and opened a Book of Condolences following the deaths of 14 Kazakh servicemen in a naval training accident on the Caspian Sea.
The incident occurred on September 24 during exercises by the Naval Forces of the Armed Forces of Kazakhstan along the Caspian Sea coast. According to the embassy, 17 servicemen were swept into the sea after weather conditions deteriorated suddenly and strong winds developed. Fourteen servicemen died in the incident.
Diplomats, foreign military representatives, members of the expert community and media representatives visited the Kazakh Embassy in Islamabad to pay tribute to the deceased and express solidarity with the people of Kazakhstan.
Among those who signed the Book of Condolences were Pakistan’s Additional Foreign Secretary Ambassador B. Hayee, ambassadors of Belarus, Russia, Azerbaijan, Tajikistan, Türkiye, Romania and Palestine, as well as the US Chargé d’Affaires.
Military representatives from Russia, Iraq, the United States, Japan, Malaysia, Azerbaijan and Egypt also conveyed condolences. Representatives of UNICEF and the United Nations, diplomats from several other embassies, and members of Pakistan’s expert community and media also expressed their sympathies.
The visitors extended their deepest condolences to the families and loved ones of the deceased and expressed solidarity with Kazakhstan during the period of national mourning.
The Embassy of Kazakhstan thanked all those who shared the grief of the loss and conveyed messages of sympathy and support.
