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"We have no other solution than to pursue balanced relations between Russia, China and the West, on the understanding that our priority remains Central Asia."
Thus the Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan, Roman Vassilenko, summed up, last week for
Le Figaro
, the particular geopolitical equation of his great country - the ninth in the world by area - landlocked between empires
.
“There is no question for us of moving away from Russia but we wish at the same time to develop our relations with the West,”
he added.
Of which act.
Just re-elected on November 20 for a second term, President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev will be in Paris on Tuesday and Wednesday… after passing through Moscow on Monday, where he spoke with Vladimir Putin
.
"For Kazakhstan, Russia has always been and remains the main strategic partner
," he said Monday after his meeting at the Kremlin.
There is no doubt that Emmanuel...
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