The demonstrations broke out on January 2 in response to the increase in the prices of liquefied gas.
Moscow called the unrest that has been shaking Kazakhstan in recent days as an attempt to undermine the country’s integrity “inspired from outside” and defended the participation of the forces of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) in the process of “pacification. ”Of the protests.
“We see the latest events in this friendly country as an externally inspired attempt to violently undermine the security and integrity of the State with the participation of armed, prepared and organized formations,” the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
He recalled in the same note that the CSTO Security Council made the decision today to send “peacekeeping forces” to Kazakhstan for a “limited period of time” in order “to stabilize and normalize the situation in the country,” shaken by violent demonstrations since last Tuesday.
The Foreign Ministry appealed to article 4 of the CSTO Collective Security Agreement, which provides that all the organization’s countries undertake to give “immediate assistance”, including military assistance, at the request of any of the members whose security is seen undermined in the event of armed aggression.
“Russia confirmed its adherence to the alliance commitments in the framework of the CSTO, approved the adoption of measures that could not be postponed due to the rapid deterioration of the internal political situation and the growth of violence in Kazakhstan,” he said.
The Russian diplomatic entity indicated that it maintains close contacts both with Nur-Sultan and with other CSTO allies to coordinate “effective steps” and support the Kazakh military to carry out the “anti-terrorist operation” launched against protesters in the country.
“We are interested in the early restoration of normal life” in Kazakhstan, the Foreign Ministry concluded.
The President of Kazakhstan, Kasim-Yomart Tokayev, on Wednesday night, requested help from the CSTO to put an end to the massive riots that he described as a “terrorist threat”, to which the alliance responded affirmatively immediately.
The president noted that “terrorist gangs” had staged riots in several Kazakh cities, and particularly in Almaty, the country’s largest city, where protesters seized various government buildings, including the mayor’s office, the president’s residence and the airport.
The demonstrations were unleashed on January 2 in response to the increase in the prices of liquefied gas, the main automotive fuel used in this Central Asian nation, but led to riots on Tuesday and Wednesday, with the seizure of administrative headquarters and serious acts of vandalism. . (I)
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