“Kazakhstan implements a balanced and peaceful foreign policy in accordance with the UN Charter and the basic norms of international law. Our country is firmly convinced that all disagreements between countries should be resolved through political and diplomatic means,” said Deputy Foreign Minister of Kazakhstan Murat Nurtleu.
Astana emphasized that in the current geopolitical conditions, the foreign policy course implemented by Kazakhstan has proven its effectiveness.
This reaction followed Lukashenko’s interview on the Rossiya TV channel, in which he criticized the foreign policy of several post-Soviet countries, particularly Kazakhstan.
When “something happened in Kazakhstan”, Astana turned not to China, India or Pakistan, but to Moscow and Minsk, the dictator said, referring to the January 2022 unrest in Kazakhstan, during which the Russian-led military alliance was deployed to the Central Asian country at Astana’s request. ODKB soldiers.
“Here – “Putin, Lukashenko – help!” And we moved there in half a day [ODKB karavīrus] – our planes have already landed there, in Kazakhstan. We calmed down,” the dictator presented his version of the events of January 2022 in Kazakhstan.
There was also a reaction to what Lukashenko said in the interview in Yerevan.
There, protesters pelted the Belarusian embassy building with eggs, tomatoes and potatoes in response to the dictator’s remarks that “nobody needs Armenians but us.”
In the interview, Lukashenko criticized the rapprochement of the Armenian leadership with Western countries.
“Well, what is this politics? Well, who needs Armenians except us? Nobody needs them. Let them develop their economy and focus on what they have. What France, what Macron? Tomorrow there will be no Macron and everyone will forget about this Armenia,” the Belarusian dictator claimed.
2024-08-22 15:27:12