Tokayev Discusses the Situation in Kazakhstan

Tokayev spoke about the situation in Kazakhstan at the online summit of the leaders of the CSTO countries. The key points emphasized by Tokayev include:

• What occurred in Kazakhstan was an attempt at a coup.
• The main assaults by terrorists were aimed at Almaty, as the city's fall would open the way for capturing the south and then the entire Kazakhstan.
• Terrorists have decapitated soldiers.
• More than 500 police vehicles were damaged.
• "Terrorists attacked morgues at night and took the bodies of protesters; this is a tactic used by international terrorists."
• The militants have abandoned their plans to seize the president's residence upon learning of the arrival of CSTO peacekeepers.
• There are 2,300 CSTO peacekeepers deployed in Kazakhstan.