Volfovich: Belarus will assist Kazakhstan in stabilizing situation

Belarus will assist Kazakhstan in stabilizing the situation in the country, State Secretary of the Belarusian Security Council Aleksandr Volfovich told BelTA. The state secretary noted that «on 6 January, following the request of Kazakhstan President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev to the Collective Security Treaty Organization, in view of the threat to the national security and sovereignty of this country caused, among other things, by outside interference, the CSTO Collective Security Council, in accordance with Article 4 of the Collective Security Treaty, decided to deploy the CSTO Collective Peacekeeping Forces to Kazakhstan for a limited period of time in order to stabilize the situation in the country.

Currently, preparations are already underway for the deployment of the CSTO peacekeepers in Kazakhstan.» «Belarus respects Kazakhstan's request. The developments in the country can be described as external hybrid aggression.

The situation follows the familiar scenario of a color revolution: external and related internal forces are trying to destroy the legitimate government by unconstitutional methods. We condemn the seizure of buildings in Kazakhstani cities, clashes between rioters trained abroad and law enforcement forces, death of people,» Aleksandr Volfovich said.

“I believe that we need to provide assistance to the fraternal people of Kazakhstan, prevent the situation from aggravating and send peacekeeping forces there. If we do not help our friends in such cases, then no one will ever help us.