MOSCOW, November 26. /TASS/. Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Special Representative Martin Sajdik and Chief Monitor of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) Ertugrul Apakan are greatly concerned about the Kerch Strait incident and call for resolving the situation through political and diplomatic means, says a statement published on the OSCE website on Monday.

"The OSCE Chairperson’s Special Representative to the Trilateral Contact Group, Martin Sajdik, and the Chief Monitor of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM), Ertugrul Apakan, said today that they followed recent incidents at sea, near the Kerch Strait with great concern. Speaking following recent developments that have raised tensions between Ukraine and the Russian Federation, Sajdik and Apakan called for restraint and for the parties to refrain from aggravating the situation. ‘It is time to address differences through political and diplomatic means,’ they said," the statement reads.