Erlan Koshanov: Kazakhstan will do its utmost to enhance the influence of the CSTO

At the meeting with international observers from the Parliamentary Assembly of the Collective Security Treaty Organization at the referendum on introducing changes and additions to the Constitution of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Erlan Koshanov, Chairman of the Mazhilis of the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan, expressed his deep personal gratitude to Vyacheslav Volodin, Chairman of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Collective Security Treaty Organization, Chairman of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, for sending a mission of the CSTO Parliamentary Assembly to monitor the voting at the constitutional referendum in the Republic of Kazakhstan.
Erlan Koshanov emphasized that the CSTO is an influential organization meeting modern challenges and threats, and Kazakhstan will do its utmost to enhance the influence of the Organization.
The observers were interested in the role of the Parliament in approving amendments to the Constitution of the Republic of Kazakhstan. Bayir Zhamsuev, member of the CSTO PA Standing Commission on Political Affairs and International Cooperation and deputy Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, noted the importance of strengthening the Parliament’s role in a new edition of the Constitution of the Republic of Kazakhstan, in case the amendments proposed for the referendum are adopted, and also the public debate of this issue organized in the Republic of Kazakhstan.
As you may recall, following the invitation of the Kazakh Ministry of Foreign Affairs of May 6, 2022 and the instruction of Vyacheslav Volodin, Chairman of the CSTO PA and Chairman of the Russian State Duma, international observers from the CSTO PA take part in the international observation of the preparation and voting at the referendum in the Republic of Kazakhstan on introducing amendments and additions to the Constitution of the Republic of Kazakhstan
On June 5, the voting day, CSTO PA international observers will observe polling stations in Nur-Sultan and Almaty from the time of their opening until the end of the vote count.
The group of international observers from the CSTO PA operates based on the principles of political neutrality, objectivity, non-interference in the referendum and observation of laws of the Republic of Kazakhstan.