Russian-led troops begin to withdraw from Kazakhstan after revolt is suppressed

The commander of the “pacification” contingent, Russian General Andrei Serdiukov, has attacked all the soldiers for their work in this mission, after President Tokayev asked the CSTO for assistance to quell the “terrorist threat”, as he described the protests. violent

The Russian-led post-Soviet military alliance, the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), began this Thursday to withdraw the 2030 soldiers deployed in Kazakhstan following the violent protests that shook the Central Asian republic last week, as announced by its president, Kasim-Yomart Tokáyev.

After a farewell ceremony At the Military Institute of the Army, soldiers from Russia, Armenia, Belarus, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan have received goodbye from the Secretary General of the CSTO, Stanislav Zas, and the Kazakh Deputy Minister of Defense, Major General Mukhamedzhan Talasov, in addition to the Mayor from Almaty, Bakytzhan Sagintayev.

The commander of the “pacification” contingent, Russian General Andrei Serdiukov, has attacked all their work in this mission, which began last day 6, a day after the Kazakh President, Tokáyev, requested the CSTO assistance to quell the “terrorist threat”, as he described the violent protests.

“Units of the CSTO Collective Peacekeeping Forces in the Republic of Kazakhstan, having completed their assigned tasks, are beginning to prepare equipment and material for loading onto the military transport aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces and return to deployment points permanent “, has indicated the Ministry of Defense of Russia.

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