President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko spoke on the phone with the first president of Kazakhstan, Nursultan Nazarbayev, BelTA informs the press service of the Belarusian side. This is the first documented event with the participation of Mr. Nazarbayev since his departure from the post of chairman of the Security Council of Kazakhstan after the outbreak of protests. The parties “discussed in detail the state of affairs in Kazakhstan,” the press service reported.
Nursultan Nazarbayev has not appeared in official reports since the beginning of the massive protests that began in Kazakhstan over the rise in prices for liquefied gas. The Kazakh edition of Orda, citing its own information, reported on the departure of the first president from the country. Earlier, it announced the arrest of Nursultan Nazarbayev’s nephew, but then denied the information.
On January 5, during the escalation of the situation, the country’s President Kassym-Zhomart Tokayev took over as chairman of the Security Council, which has been held by Mr. Nazarbayev since 1991. Today, Mr. Tokayev ordered to open fire to kill “bandits and terrorists” without warning. The forces of the CSTO were sent to Kazakhstan, today the peacekeepers have begun work. During the riots, dozens of people were killed and hundreds were injured.
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