President Tokayev told Putin in St. Petersburg that Kazakhstan does not recognize the DNR and LNR.
Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said that” Russia accepts and respects Kazakhstan's position on the Russian-Ukrainian war and independence “of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions occupied by Russia. President of Kazakhstan Tokayev before dictator Putin called LDPR quasi-states .
Zakharova, quoted by Russian government agencies, says that” Russia respects its partners, and therefore different views on such issues will not harm the close cooperation between the two countries. “
< p> “It is estimated that if the nation's right to self-determination is exercised around the globe, more than 500-600 states will emerge instead of 193 on Earth. It will be chaos. For this reason, we do not recognize Taiwan, Kosovo, South Ossetia or South Ossetia. Abkhazia. We will also apply this principle to quasi-state territories, which, in our opinion, are Luhansk and Donetsk, “Tokayev said during a forum under Putin's auspices.
Earlier, Kazakhstan joined Western sanctions against Russia for a full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
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Learn more about whether Moscow will open a new front to “protect Russian-speaking “In the north of Kazakhstan, read the article Vladimir Kravchenko ” Putin was humiliated: how Russia responded to Kazakhstan ” .
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