A soldier from the Russian contingent of the CSTO peacekeeping forces in Alma-AtaMINSK, January 15There were no attacks on CSTO peacekeepers during their mission in Kazakhstan, the possibility of serious clashes was suppressed, said CSTO Secretary General Stanislav Zas. , everyone felt that the jokes were over,» Zas said in an interview with the Belarus 1 TV channel shown on Saturday. The CSTO Secretary General said that there was not a single conflict between peacekeepers and local residents in Kazakhstan. «Throughout this mission, there was not a single conflict between peacekeepers and local residents. Everyone treated with understanding, helped,» he said. .
Kazakhstan spoke about attacks on medical facilities during the riotsHe added that there were many fakes and false fabrications around the entry of CSTO peacekeepers into Kazakhstan. However, the Secretary General urged to proceed from those assessments that sound official from Kazakhstan. «I am sure that all our peacekeepers, going to Kazakhstan, clearly understood that they were going to a friendly country, that they were going not to fight, but to establish peace and stability in this country. Talking about some kind of occupation is generally a complete lie. Probably, every event of this nature has both opponents and supporters. It is more important for all of us to appreciate the people of Kazakhstan, the country that we helped. And we already have such assessments Therefore, we will not take into account all these false fabrications, fakes, but we will still focus on the opinion expressed on behalf of Kazakhstan,» Zas said. In this regard, he noted that positive assessments of the CSTO peacekeeping mission are heard from Kazakhstanis. Mass protests in Kazakhstan began in the first days of 2022 — residents of the cities of Zhanaozen and Aktau in the west of the country opposed the doubling of prices for liquefied gas. Later, the protests spread to other cities, including Alma-Ata, the old capital and the largest city of the republic: looting began there, militants attacked state institutions, took away weapons. In response, the authorities declared a state of emergency throughout the country and launched a counter-terrorist operation. On the morning of January 5, Kazakh President Kassym-Zhomart Tokayev dismissed the government and headed the Security Council. At the first meeting of the Security Council under his leadership, Tokayev described the situation in Kazakhstan as undermining the integrity of the state and said that he had asked for help from the CSTO «in overcoming the terrorist threat.» The CSTO Collective Security Council decided to send collective peacekeeping forces to Kazakhstan to normalize the situation in the country. On Thursday, January 13, the successful completion of the CSTO mission was announced, the peacekeepers are returning from Kazakhstan. , said the CSTO
