Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev said at the International Economic Forum in Petersburg said Friday that Kazakhstan will not recognize the breakaway eastern Ukrainian republics of Donetsk and Luhansk as two independent states.
It contradicts the right of self-determination guaranteed by the United Nations with right of Countries have their own territorial integrity, which is why Taiwan, Kosovo, Abkhazia or South Ossetia are not recognized. “It is clear that this principle applies to semi-state regions such as Donetsk and Luhansk,” Tokayev said.
with him commentTokayev set himself at odds with Russian President Vladimir Putin as a guest of of honor sat on Platform in St. Petersburg. Russia recognized the Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics and cited their republics defense as such one reason for the war against Ukraine.
Although Kazakhstan is a close ally of Moscow, Tokayev has not fully back Ukraine war. “There are different opinions, we are an open society,” he said. Again, he pointed to the right of Provides integrity.
President of The oil-rich country also evaluation global The economic situation is different from Putin’s, who domination saw of The West is coming to an end. It is true, Tokayev said, according to Russian agencies, there was a crisis. “But at the same time, you have to see that the United States and the West as a whole are solid in terms of economic development,” he is added.
When the mass protests broke out out in Kazakhstan in January against Tokayev authoritarian rulePutin sent it military helps. The protest collapsed. Tokayev now complained of that young cultured people They were leaving Russia as well as Kazakhstan. “They contribute to progress in else countries. This, I think, is failure,” He said.
