Kazakhstan may declare “persona non grata” a well-known Russian TV presenter who claimed that the Central Asian country could have the same fate as Ukraine if it did not side decisively with Russia, as quoted by an official quoted by Reuters as saying. Astana.
Although it has not condemned the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Kazakhstan – an oil-rich former Soviet republic – has called for the crisis to be resolved in accordance with the UN Charter, has sent humanitarian aid to Kyiv and has pledged to comply with Western sanctions against Moscow.
Tigran Keosayan – her husband Margarita Simonianeditor-in-chief of the Kremlin-backed Russian network RT, said on YouTube that Kazakhstan was “ungrateful” and “insidious” for not showing its support for Russia.
Kazakhstan’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Aybek Samadiyarov said Keosayan’s comments were “offensive” and “biased”.
“His position may reflect the views of a section of Russian public opinion and the political establishment, but it is against the spirit and essence of cooperation between our countries and the agreements between our leaders.”mentioned and completed: “I expect it to be included in the list of people who are not welcome in Kazakhstan.”
Kazakhstan has close economic ties with Russia and a large Russian ethnic minority among its population of 19 million.
President Kasim-Jomart Tokayev received military assistance from the Russia-led Collective Security Treaty Organization to quell anti-government protests last January.
It should be noted, however, that Kazakhstan has attracted hundreds of billions of dollars in investment from the West, mainly in the energy sector. The country’s leadership emphasizes that it pursues a “multidimensional” foreign policy.
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