Blinken urges 'peaceful' resolution amid Kazakhstan chaos
Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke Thursday with his Kazakhstani counterpart amid a rapidly deteriorating security situation in the Central Asian nation that resulted in its leadership requesting assistance from a Russian-led military alliance to quash days of violent protests.
In a call with Kazakhstani Foreign Minister Mukhtar Tileuberdi, Blinken “reiterated the United States’ full support for Kazakhstan’s constitutional institutions and media freedom and advocated for a peaceful, rights-respecting resolution to the crisis,” according to a readout from State Department spokesperson Ned Price.
Blinken “also raised the priority of promoting stability in Europe, including support for Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity in response to Russian aggression,” Price said. The unrest in Kazakhstan comes as the United States seeks to deescalate tensions along the Russia-Ukraine border, where Moscow has amassed as many as 100,000 troops ahead of a potential invasion.
Blinken separately tweeted that he had a “[p]roductive call” with Tileuberdi and that they both are “committed to supporting Kazakhstan’s constitutional institutions and the peaceful and diplomatic resolution of disputes.”
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