Kazakhstan is “firmly committed to full cooperation” with Moscow and is not anti-Russia. President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev stated this in an interview with Kazinform.
At the same time, a day earlier, he assured that his country would follow the sanctions regime against Russia. The statement was made at a joint press conference with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz.
“Kazakhstan has clearly stated that it will follow the sanctions and has contacts with relevant organizations to comply with the sanctions regime,” Tokayev said on September 28, as quoted by Sputnik Near Abroad.
Today he hastened to justify himself. “As I said at that press conference, we have a long tradition of cooperation in various areas, including trade and humanitarian ties. As for sanctions, at the recent session of the UN General Assembly and in other speeches, I noted that the sanctions confrontation is absolutely counterproductive from the point of view of improving international relations, which have been eroded as a result of the aggravation of the global situation,” Tokayev added, but did not refute his earlier promise follow the sanctions regime.
Source: Rosbalt
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