President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko invited the protesters in Kazakhstan to apologize to the military and negotiate with the authorities. BelTA informs about it.
“We have to go, in a popular way, to kneel down, apologize to the military in order to smooth out this crack, which has emerged, and sit down with the authorities, with Tokayev for negotiations and building their own state,” Lukashenka said.
He called the situation in Kazakhstan instructive for Belarus.
“This is a lesson for us. One more lesson. In the sense that we have now understood what could have happened to us, ”he added.
Protests in Kazakhstan began after the New Year over the rise in the price of liquefied gas. Clashes began. Police in the city of Almaty announced the elimination of “dozens” of protesters who attacked administrative buildings. The government resigned, while the CSTO Collective Security Council decided to send a collective peacekeeping force to Kazakhstan at the request of the president of the republic. Paratroopers are being transferred there from Russia.
According to the latest data, Kazakhstan has suspended the entry of foreigners into the country in connection with the declared state of emergency, RIA Novosti reports. Ural Airlines and Aeroflot canceled flights to Kazakhstan amid unrest. S7 has suspended the sale of tickets to the country until January 23.
Law enforcement agencies of Kazakhstan have detained about 2 thousand participants in the riots in Alma-Ata, TASS reports with reference to the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the republic.
Source: Rosbalt
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