Astana, Kazakhstan, Nov 27, 2024 (AFP) - Putin seeks to shore up ties on visit to 'friendly' Kazakhstan

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2024-11-27
Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit Kazakhstan on Wednesday for a two-day trip aimed at shoring up ties with his Central Asian ally as tensions mount over the Ukraine war. Kazakhstan is a member of the Moscow-led CSTO security alliance but has expressed concern about the almost three-year conflict, which Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has refused to condone. In an article published in Russia's Izvestia newspaper ahead of Putin's v......
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