MINSK, June 19. /TASS/. The permanent representatives of the CIS countries reacted with concern and condemnation to a drone attack on a bus on a highway in the Bryansk Region, the Executive Committee of the Commonwealth said.
"The Permanent Plenipotentiary Representatives of the CIS member states to the statutory and other CIS bodies (the Republic of Belarus, the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, the Russian Federation, the Republic of Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and the Republic of Uzbekistan) received with concern and condemnation the information about the attack of an unmanned aerial vehicle on a civilian bus on the highway in the Bryansk Region," it said in a statement.
The Executive Committee said the victims were Belarusian civilians – a woman was killed and several children were seriously injured.
The Permanent Representatives also condemned any armed attacks directed against the civilian population, considering them incompatible with international law.
"The Permanent Plenipotentiary Representatives of the CIS member states to the statutory and other CIS bodies condemn any manifestations of armed attacks directed against the civilian population and consider them incompatible with the norms of international law, universal morality, humanism and spirituality," the statement said. "Any actions that endanger the lives of ordinary citizens, especially children, are unacceptable and must be stopped immediately."
