The withdrawal of the CSTO peacekeeping forces will begin in two days, their mission in Kazakhstan is coming to an end, Kazakh President Kassym-Zhomart Tokayev said, addressing the Majilis (Parliament) on Tuesday, Interfax reports.
“The main mission of the CSTO forces has been completed, in two days a phased withdrawal of the united peacekeeping contingent of the CSTO will begin,” he said.
The President also emphasized that Kazakhstan legally applied to the CSTO with a request to send a peacekeeping contingent.
According to him, Kazakhstan could have lost control over Almaty if had it not turned to the CSTO, and this threatened the loss of the whole country.
