Nur-Sultan-Sana
Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev confirmed today that his country was attacked by trained and armed foreign terrorists, describing as "stupid" calls from abroad to hold talks for a "peaceful solution to the events that Kazakhstan is facing."
"There can be no talks with murderous criminals, gang members, domestic and foreign terrorists," Tokayev said in a televised address to citizens, stressing that the secret preparations for terrorist acts and sleeper cells of militants showed the existence of an accurate scheme to attack military, administrative and social targets in the country, organized coordination of actions and high-level training. cruel and brutal practices.
Tokayev pointed out that in addition to the militants, there were experts trained to carry out ideological sabotage, stressing that the authorities would not hold any talks with criminals, pointing out that lessons and lessons should be drawn from this tragedy.
He added, "There are so-called free media and foreign personalities far from the root interests of our people playing an inciting role in the riots in Kazakhstan," noting that in May 2020, a law was passed on peaceful assemblies of citizens and did not require permission to take place, but rather inform the authorities about it, but Some of those who call themselves “activists and human rights defenders” put themselves above the law and carry out irresponsible actions that distract the police and security forces who are subjected to humiliation and violence from them.
The Kazakh president explained that because of the actions of these alleged activists, the Internet is narrowing and the interests of millions of citizens and national businessmen are harmed, thus negatively affecting political, economic and social stability, stressing that these "demagogues" have been involved in the tragedy in Kazakhstan and that the authorities will respond to all these atrocities against the law. .
Tokayev pointed out that the state of emergency will gradually disappear depending on the stability of the situation, saying, "Democracy does not mean idleness and incitement to carry out illegal acts."
The Kazakh president expressed his gratitude to the leaders of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) countries for their support to Kazakhstan and said: "I address special expressions of gratitude to Russian President Vladimir Putin, he quickly responded to my request for help."
