Published:
8 one 2022 09:25 GMT
Russian President Vladimir Putin has had a “prolonged” telephone conversation with his Kazakh counterpart, Kasim-Yomart Tokáev, about the situation in Kazakhstan, the scene this week of massive anti-government protests that led to violence, destruction, looting and riots.
Putin has supported Tokáev’s proposal to hold “in the next few days” in videoconference format a joint meeting of the member countries of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), made up of Russia, Armenia, Belarus, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan and Tajikistan , details the release of the Kremlin. During the conversation, the President of Kazakhstan noted that the situation “is developing towards stabilization,” adds the Russian Presidency.