Terrorists planned to capture entire Kazakhstan: President Tokayev

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Kazakhstan President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has claimed that the terrorists had planned to attack the country’s capital Nur sultan and if Almaty fell to the militants first Southern Kazakhstan and then whole part of the country would have been under their control. Addressing the CSTO summit on Monday President Tokayev said, “All the events since the … Read more

Organised armed groups provoked from abroad tried to disrupt integrity of Kazakhstan: Russia

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Russia on Friday stated that it was closely monitoring situation in neighbouring strategic partner Kazakhstan and described the situation as “an externally provoked attempts to disrupt the security and integrity of the state, including by using the trained and organized armed groups.” “From the very beginning Moscow was closely monitoring the rapidly deteriorating internal political … Read more

Kazakhstan takes cue from India & decentralizes power till district level

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Central Asia’s biggest country Kazakhstan, has taken a cue from its South Asian partner India, and has initiated a process to decentralize its power structure through direct elections of representatives at the district level. This was decided last week by President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev when he signed a number of laws. They include the … Read more

Central Asia’s biggest state Kazakhstan assures to protect freedom of expression

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Freedom of expression is a constitutional right of every citizen, said Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev at a virtual meeting with the country’s Prosecutor General office, reported the Akorda press service. This can be viewed as a major step towards democratisation in Central Asia. Since last year, Kazakhstan has had a fundamentally new law on peaceful … Read more

Kazakhstan to strive for multi-party system: President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev

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NEW DELHI: Central Asia’s biggest state and India’s key partner in the region Kazakhstan is striving to create a multi-party state and preserve its inclusive character, according to its President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev. “Kazakhstan must create a multiparty system to build a modern, effective state and the ruling Nur Otan party should collaborate more with other … Read more