KZBlog

Two articles on Kazakhstan’s reactions to events.

First, Kanat Saudabayev, Minister of Foreign Affairs and chairman of the OSCE, is sending his Special Envoys to Bishkek [RUS], Zhanikbek Karibzhanov, who is deputy speaker of the Mazhilis of Kazakhstan as well as chairman of the Kazakh-Kyrgyz Interparliamentary group. Herbert Zalberg, Director of the OSCE Center for Conflict Prevention, will also be going to Bishkek to assist Karibzhanov.

Also, from Baku, Nazarbayev condemned the rioting and looting [RUS] and indirectly criticized the government for playing politics instead of feeding the people.

It’s not politics one needs to attend to, nor barricades. [The government] should work on first feeding the people and giving them jobs”

Nazarbayev noted that the instability in Kyrgyzstan is leading to capital and foreign investors leaving the country.