BISHKEK, Jan 7 Kyrgyzstan intends to send 150 peacekeepers to Kazakhstan through the CSTO, the Deputy Prime Minister Kamchybek Tashiev at a meeting of the parliament of the republic on Friday. «We plan to send 150 servicemen and 19 pieces of equipment,» the deputy prime minister said. 
The UN Security Council was notified of the conduct of a peacekeeping operation by the CSTO forces in Kazakhstan By law, at least sixty of the 90 legislators must vote to send troops. Mass protests in Kazakhstan began in the early days of 2022. Then the residents of the cities of Zhanaozen and Aktau in the west of the country opposed a two-fold increase in prices for liquefied gas, then the protests spread to other cities. In Alma-Ata, on January 4 and 5, clashes with security officials took place, the police used gas and stun grenades. Throughout Kazakhstan, the Internet was turned off, and the broadcasting of a number of TV channels was temporarily stopped. Until January 19, a state of emergency was introduced throughout Kazakhstan. On the morning of January 5, President Kassym-Zhomart Tokayev dismissed the government and headed the Security Council CSTO «in overcoming the terrorist threat.» The CSTO Collective Security Council decided to send collective peacekeeping forces to Kazakhstan in connection with Tokayev's appeal. The forces will be directed for a limited period in order to stabilize and normalize the situation in the country. Follow the situation in Kazakhstan in the online report & gt; & gt; 
The CSTO Secretary General said that the events in Kazakhstan threaten the country's security
