Third of Kyrgyzstanis consider NATO as threat

A third of Kyrgyzstanis believe that NATO poses a threat to the state. Such data was presented by the American Polls Service Gallup.

It is noted that 34 percent of Tajik citizens and 31 percent of Kazakhstanis see a threat in the alliance. At the same time, 19 percent of Kyrgyzstanis described the North Atlantic Alliance as a reliable partner and a defender, and 12 percent take it neutrally.

In Tajikistan, 8 percent of the population believes that NATO is able to protect them, and another 20 percent take it neutrally. The figures were 31 percent and 27 percent respectively in Kazakhstan.