President of Kazakhstan Kasym-Zhomart Tokaev at a CSTO meeting on the situation on the border of Armenia and Azerbaijan called on the parties to abandon the power funds and begin negotiations, the press service of the Kazakh leader said.
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According to her, Tokaev took part in Tuesday in an extraordinary session of the CSTO collective security council. The event in the format of video conference was held at the proposal of Armenia. The summit was also attended by the President of Kyrgyzstan Sadyr Zhaparov, Russian President Vladimir Putin, Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan, Tajik Prime Minister Kokhir Rasulzoda, Secretary of State of the Council of People’s Commissars Alexander Volfovich, deputy Secretary General of the CSTO Valery Semerikov. Pashinyan’s information was heard about the events on the Azerbaijani-Armenian border.
“Speaking to the session participants, the President of Kazakhstan emphasized the need to resolve the conflict exclusively by political and diplomatic paths. Kasim-Zhomart Tokaev called to take all possible measures to stabilize the situation, refuse to use power means, immediately proceed to negotiations,” the report said in a statement .