The official representative of the US State Department for Ned Price said that the United States is ready to assist Kazakhstan in solving problems who caused protests. Reports about it TASS.
According to him, the Government of Kazakhstan itself is also able to solve the issues that have arisen that have been formulated during the demonstrations. The price stressed that the United States hopes for it. Nevertheless, he noted that if the United States can help in solving the problems of Kazakhstan, they are ready to do this, in particular to assist in the fight against corruption.
In addition, the representative of the ministry said that, in essence, the problem in Kazakhstan is economic and political. He also stressed that the United States would not like to perform with any prescriptions.
Previously, Price said that the United States has “questions” to send peacekeepers to the Collective Security Treaty (CSTO) to Kazakhstan. According to him, “questions” about sending the military arise, as Kazakhstan has its own resources. Price noted that the government of the country in the past was well protected and in the present protected.
On January 2, protests began in Kazakhstani cities due to the increase in gas prices for cars from 60 to 120 tenge. Later, they turned into disorders with the requirements of the first president of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev from politics, new elections and dissolution of parliament.