Oral message to President Tokayev: ‘We will take decisive action to rectify the situation quickly’
(BEIJING = Yonhap News) Correspondent Cho Jun-hyung = Amid large-scale anti-government protests sparked by soaring fuel prices in Central Asia, Kazakhstan, Chinese President Xi Jinping issued a message supporting the Kazakh government’s hard-line crackdown.
According to China Central Television (CCTV), in a verbal message to Kazakh President Qasim-Jomart Tokayev on the 7th, President Xi said, “I express my sincere condolences for the serious casualties and property losses caused by the massive uproar.”
“Your decisive and strong measures at an important time to quickly rectify the situation embodied your responsibility and duty as a politician and a highly responsible position for the state and people,” Xi said.
“The Chinese side resolutely opposes any force that destroys Kazakh stability, threatens security, and destroys the peaceful life of the Kazakh people,” Xi said.
“We resolutely oppose external forces promoting agitation in Kazakhstan and instigating a ‘color revolution’, and we resolutely oppose any attempt to destroy the Sino-Kazakh friendship and hinder bilateral cooperation,” it added.
ALMATY (AFP=Yonhap News) Protesters in Almaty, Kazakhstan’s largest city, try to break into the city hall, protesting against soaring fuel prices, on the 5th (local time). Since the beginning of the New Year in Kazakhstan, large-scale protests against major inflation, including fuel prices, have spread across the country. 2022.1.6 leekm@yna.co.kr
“As a brother, a neighbor and an eternal all-round strategic partner, China wants to do everything it can to provide the necessary support and help the Kazakh side overcome difficulties,” Xi said.
“China is a reliable friend and reliable partner of Kazakhstan,” he added.
In Kazakh on the 2nd, protesters complaining about people’s livelihoods due to fuel price spikes took to the streets, and after that, it spread to anti-government protests across the country, resulting in bloodshed.
Dozens of protesters and police officers and other protesters were killed in hard crackdowns, including gunfire, by the military and police, but President Tokayev announced on the 7th that order had been restored.
China and Kazakhstan maintain friendly relations as members of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO).
(Almaty AFP = Yonhap News) Kazakhstan President Kasim-Jomart Tokayev announced on the 5th (local time) the resignation of Prime Minister Ascar Mamin’s cabinet in response to nationwide protests against soaring fuel prices, and a state of emergency has spread across the country. has declared The photo shows Hutokaev, then president-elect, holding a press conference in the capital Nur-Sultan (formerly Astana) on June 10, 2019. 2022.1.6. [연합뉴스 자료사진] leekm@yna.co.kr
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