Kazakhstan: Russian-led military bloc to start withdrawing troops, says, president
The Guardian says a Russian-led military bloc will start withdrawing its troops from Kazakhstan in two days’ time, Kazakh president Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has told the country’s parliament.
Troops from the Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO) will depart the central Asian nation completely over a period of 10 days, he said on Tuesday.
Kazakhstan asked for CSTO military assistance amid unrest last week sparked by a steep rise in fuel prices, which quickly escalated into violence which left 164 people dead.
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