The President of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko, spoke about the situation in Kazakhstan and the decision to deploy CSTO forces. According to Report.ge, the information is spread by local media.
"You know what is happening in Kazakhstan. We are very concerned about the pre-planned nature of the events. We were in consultations all night. We were following the developments together with Vladimir Putin. We talked over the phone several times," the president said.
He said the situation in Almaty is very disturbing.
"They set on fire everything they could. They seized the airport. They did it purposefully. There were attempts to seize the airports in Almaty and Nur-Sultan. Those were purposeful actions. Because they knew that the armed forces, primarily those of Russia and the CSTO countries, would be deployed there, they wanted to take control over the airports to make sure no one could land there. Fortunately, 40 kilometers away from Almaty, there is a military airfield controlled by the military," he stated.
