Russian and allied forces deployed in Kazakhstan to assist the regime, which it claims has been targeted by “international terrorism”, will leave the country after the end of their mission, Russian President Vladimir Putin said today.
“Once the forces have completed their mission, they will withdraw from the territory of Kazakhstan,” Putin said during a teleconference meeting with his allies at the Collective Security Treaty Organization.
Earlier, Kazakhstan’s President Qasim-Yomart Tokayev had stated at the meeting that the withdrawal would take place “soon”.
Led by Russia, a force of 2,030 of the Organization’s troops has been deployed in Kazakhstan at the request of the Kazakh president.
President Putin said Kazakhstan had been the victim of an “attack by international terrorism” and that these “armed gangs” with “clear combat experience” had been trained in “centers abroad”.
He went on to warn that Moscow would not tolerate “color revolutions” in the former Soviet Union, citing Kremlin-sponsored uprisings orchestrated by the West in the former Soviet Union since the 2000s.
“We understand that this is neither the first nor the last attempt to interfere in the affairs of our countries,” he said.
“And we will not allow the situation in our country to be disturbed and we will not allow the development of the scenarios of the self-proclaimed colored revolutions.”
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