Kassym-Jomart Tokayev: CSTO has shown its relevance and effectiveness

During an extraordinary remote meeting of the Collective Security Treaty Organization’s Collective Security Council, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, said that the unrest in Kazakhstan was an attempted coup.
“Having a full picture of these events, I can say with responsibility that all the events that have taken place since the beginning of this year are links in the same chain. They are part of a single destructive scenario that has been in preparation for a long time. Investigation will reveal whether these preparations were made over one, two or three years. Destructive forces made numerous attempts to undermine stability and start a rampage,” the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan said in his address to an extraordinary meeting of the CSTO Collective Security Council. He stressed that the mass unrest in Kazakhstan occurred “as if on cue.”
Speaking about the effectiveness of the CSTO’s response to the appeal, the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan noted that all CSTO states stood together in support of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
“This is the first case where the CSTO has used its peacemaking potential in practice to ensure the security, stability and integrity of one of its members. For us, not only the military but also and primarily the moral support of our CSTO partners is crucial. All CSTO Member States acted as a united front and resolutely supported Kazakhstan’s appeal,” said Kassym-Jomart Tokayev.
The President of the Republic of Kazakhstan noted that the CSTO has shown its relevance and effectiveness and that the CSTO peacekeeping mission in Kazakhstan has been useful, stressing that the arrival of the CSTO peacekeeping forces helped protect Almaty from the terrorists.
Kassym-Jomart Tokayev thanked Vladimir Putin, President of the Russian Federation, for his prompt decision-making. “I would like to convey my special words of gratitude to President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin for the understanding and quick solution of the issue of sending a CSTO peacekeeping contingent to Kazakhstan. Mr Putin, we have been in constant contact with you since the first days of the terrorist attack on our country,” said Mr Tokayev.