A military vehicle in front of the burned-out building of the akimat in Almaty. Archive photoMINSK, Jan 15President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko said that the organizers of the unrest in Kazakhstan wanted to destabilize the situation along the perimeter of Russia in order to weaken it. — quotes the official website of the President of Belarus as Lukashenko said on Saturday at a meeting with the Belarusian peacekeeping contingent that completed their mission in Kazakhstan.Peacekeepers stopped the color revolution in Kazakhstan, Lukashenko said 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 until January 19 and launched a counter-terrorism operation. According to the UN, during the protests in Kazakhstan, about 1,000 people were injured. According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the republic, 17 Kazakh security officials were killed, more than 1.3 thousand were injured. On the morning of January 5, President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart 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 January 7, Tokayev said that the terrorists, including those who had arrived from abroad, continued to resist, and promised to destroy those who did not lay down their arms. In addition, the president noted that all the demands of citizens, expressed in peaceful forms, were heard. On Thursday, January 13, the successful completion of the CSTO mission was announced, now the peacekeepers are returning from Kazakhstan.
Khrenin thanked the Belarusian peacekeepers who returned from Kazakhstan
