Also, Nur-Sultan does not recognize Crimea as Russian and will not help Moscow circumvent sanctions.
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan Mukhtar Tleuberdi stated that his country does not recognize both the so-called “LDNR” – illegal armed groups supported by Russia – and the annexation of Crimea by Russia. He stated this in an interview with EURACTIV. Kazakhstan will also not help the Kremlin circumvent sanctions, but is not going to impose them on its own.
“It is important for us to prevent the negative impact of these sanctions on the development of our economy, and that our territory is not used to circumvent these sanctions. “, – says the Minister.
Mr Tleuberdi also commented on why Kazakhstan did not vote in the UN condemning Russia's aggression against Ukraine: “Abstaining is also a position.”
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Earlier, Kazakhstan said it respects Ukraine's territorial integrity . According to the first deputy head of the administration of the President of Kazakhstan Timur Suleimenov, the state has no problems to call the war a war.
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