Russian planes fly peacekeepers to Kazakhstan – CSTO

The Russian Aerospace Forces are delivering a contingent to Kazakhstan as part of a peacekeeping mission organized by the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), the military bloc said.

The Moscow-led CSTO said in a statement that, “The Collective Peacekeeping Forces include troops from Russia, Belarus, Armenia, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan.

“The mission’s main tasks are to protect important state and military facilities, and to provide assistance to the Kazakh law enforcement agencies to stabilize the situation,” it added.

Violent protests in Kazakhstan, particularly in the country’s largest city of Almaty, have caused multiple deaths over the past days.

Kazakh President, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev accepted the government’s resignation on Wednesday, and then seek help from the CSTO in order to put an end to the riots.

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