Citizens of Tajikistan participated in the unrest in Kazakhstan

This was reported by the Attorney General of Kazakhstan at a parliamentary meeting.

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During his speech before the deputies of the lower house of parliament, the Attorney General of Kazakhstan Berik Asylov stated that citizens of foreign countries, including citizens of Tajikistan, participated in the January unrest in Kazakhstan.

According to him, foreigners also committed offenses and crimes and were detained. “I cannot say the exact number right now, but there were many,” Berik Asylov said.

“They committed robberies and thefts. Among them were citizens of Russia, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan,” Berik Asylov specified.

However, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Tajikistan denied the involvement of Tajik citizens in the offenses in Kazakhstan.

On January 6, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Tajikistan stated that the Tajik side had not received any official information from the Kazakh side regarding the participation of its citizens in the mentioned events.

“Moreover, after information circulated in the press citing the Kazakh prosecutor’s office, the diplomatic and consular representations of Tajikistan in Kazakhstan contacted the relevant structures of the host country, and these facts were not confirmed,” the Ministry of Foreign Affairs noted.

In early January 2022, protests took place in Kazakhstan, which began due to rising prices for liquefied gas. Later, clashes occurred between the protesters and law enforcement forces. The President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev declared an attempted coup and appealed for assistance from the CSTO. With the help of CSTO peacekeeping forces, the protests were suppressed, and hundreds of people were detained.