NUR-SULTAN (TCA) — Ukraine has voiced concern over Kazakhstan President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev’s description of Russia’s takeover of the Crimea, when he said it wasn’t an annexation, RFE/RL’s Ukrainian Service reported.
“Ukraine has always viewed Kazakhstan as its partner and friend,” the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry said in a statement on December 4.
“The principles of mutual trust, respect for independence, state sovereignty, territorial integrity and inviolability of borders…as well as steady observance of generally recognized norms of international law, underlie the interstate relations between Ukraine and the Republic of Kazakhstan.”
The statement was in reference to an interview that Tokayev gave to German broadcaster …read more
Source:: The Times of Central Asia
