An extraordinary session of the Collective Security Council of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) began in format of a videoconference under the chairmanship of Armenia.
Participants of the session discuss the situation in the Republic of Kazakhstan and measures to normalize it.
The President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev said that the country had experienced a large-scale crisis, the most difficult in its history since independence. He also added that not only military, but also moral support from the CSTO is fundamentally important for Kazakhstan.
«All events since the beginning of this year have been links of one chain, they are subordinated to a single destructive plan, the preparation of which has been going on for a long time. The organizers of the riots used peaceful rallies as a pretext. As if at a single command, religious radicals, notorious bandits, marauders and petty hooligans appeared. It was a real terrorist war against our state. I speak with confidence about the direct participation of terrorists, including foreign mercenaries. They attacked morgues at night and took away the bodies of the killed militants,» the head of Kazakhstan said.
Kassym-Zhomart Tokayev called the events in Kazakhstan an attempted coup d’etat, and the main goal of the terrorists was to seize power.
Mass protests in Kazakhstan began on January 2,2022. Residents of Zhanaozen and Aktau in Mangistau region opposed the increase in prices for liquefied gas, then the protests spread to other cities. The situation is slowly stabilizing; the anti-terrorist operation continues. Internet access has been restored.
President of the republic Kassym-Jomart Tokayev introduced a state of emergency in the republic, dismissed the government and became the head of the Security Council. At his request, the CSTO countries sent peacekeeping forces to Kazakhstan. Scorpion special unit was sent to the republic from Kyrgyzstan.
An extraordinary session of the heads of the CSTO member states is held today.
