President Kasim-Zhomart Tokayev said that his previous interview, which he gave the Khabar television channel in Russian, is not discrimination of Kazakh-speaking citizens, ORDA.KZ reports.
According to the President of Kazakhstan, the interview was, first of all, aimed at conveying to the world community the truth about events in the country, and the Russian language is one of the six languages of the United Nations.
No, no discrimination or disrespect is not here. Many TV channels have repeatedly appealed to me with requests to give them an interview. But I all refused to make it. Later I decided to make an exception for the Khabar TV channel. The reason for this was the fact that in our The country has received widespread information, and it was necessary to stop it immediately, “Tokaev said.
He also stressed that the state’s problems are better to speak in the state language.
“Our language is needed, first of all, we ourselves. Therefore, we ourselves must show respect for him,” said Kasym-Zhomart Tokayev in an interview with Qazaqstan TV channel.