The military contingent of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) fulfilled its task in Kazakhstan, so now it is necessary to return home, Russian President Vladimir Putin said.
In general, you need to return home. We have completed our task, “said the head of the Russian state at a meeting with the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation Sergey Shoigu.
Putin is convinced that “the peacekeepers played an important role … in stabilizing the situation in Kazakhstan, our nearest partner, ally. This is an assessment of the President of Kazakhstan Kasym-Zhamart Kemevich Tokayeva.”