15:23, 10 мая 2022, Bishkek - 24.kg news agency , Aida DZHUMASHOVA
The servicemen who participated in the CSTO peacekeeping mission in Kazakhstan in January 2021 did not receive compensation. Own sources informed 24.kg news agency.
There is still no order from the Cabinet of Ministers on payment of the compensation.
«Money is paid on the basis of the order of the head of the Cabinet of Ministers. These is no such a document so far. In mid-January, the Ministry of Defense sent to the Cabinet of Ministers a draft order on the payment of funds to military personnel participating in the CSTO mission in Kazakhstan. However, the department did not receive a response,» the sources said.
There is a regulation on additional guarantees and compensations for military personnel performing tasks during a state of emergency and armed conflicts on the territory of the Kyrgyz Republic and beyond in Kyrgyzstan.
The document states that on the basis of international treaty obligations, those who permanently or temporarily perform tasks during a state of emergency and armed conflicts for the period of performing these tasks are set salaries in accordance with military posts and military ranks at a triple rate.
Information appeared in the media that the servicemen turned to the President Sadyr Japarov with a request for help in getting the money they have the right to.
Spokesman for the head of state Erbol Sultanbaev told 24.kg news agency that all military personnel who fulfilled tasks as part of the CSTO peacekeeping mission in Kazakhstan would be paid compensation in the near future.
Mass protests began on January 2, 2022 in Kazakhstan. Residents of Zhanaozen and Aktau in Mangistau region opposed an increase in prices for liquefied gas, then the protests spread to other regions.
At the request of the President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, the CSTO states sent peacekeeping units to Kazakhstan. Servicemen of Scorpion special forces from Kyrgyzstan participated in the mission.
The military from Kyrgyzstan guarded Almaty TPP-2.