Kazakhstan lifts state of emergency in four more regions
15 Jan 2022 01:24am
Kyrgyz military at the Scorpion base in the city of Tokmak, about 60km from Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, Jan 14, 2022. Kyrgyz military consists of 150 servicemen, eight armoured vehicles and 11 military equipment from the 25th Special Forces Brigade 'Scorpion', returned to Kyrgyzstan after taking part in the peacekeeping mission of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) in Kazakhstan. The military from Kyrgyzstan served to protect the Almaty thermal power plant (CHP-2). (Source: EPA/IGOR KOVALENKO)
Shymkent, East Kazakhstan, Karaganda, and Turkestan are the regions where the state of emergency was lifted, according to the Kazakh presidency.
It was previously announced that the state of emergency was ended in West Kazakhstan, Pavlodar and North Kazakhstan regions.
The decision came while the withdrawal of peacekeepers of the Russian-led military bloc Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO) continues, it said.
On Jan 2, protests broke out in Kazakhstan over an increase in liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) prices in the city of Zhanaozen in Mangystau, which later turned into clashes with police, with the most violent developments taking place in Kazakhstan's former capital and largest city Almaty.
Tokayev requested help from CSTO allies, and in a short period, peacekeepers from Russia, Belarus, Armenia, and Tajikistan arrived in the country and backed the Kazakh law enforcement in restoring order, it added. - BERNAMA
