His support for territorial integrity and independence Kazakhstan the foreign minister expressed on Tuesday (28/2) during his first visit to this Central Asian country Anthony Blinken.
During his visit, Blinken is expected to meet with his counterparts from five former Soviet Central Asian republics in Kazakhstan’s capital, Astana.
The US secretary will also hold talks today with Kazakh President Kassym Yomart-Tokayev and then travel to Uzbekistan.
His tour of Central Asia is aimed at strengthening US relations with countries in the region, which have close ties to Russia and are under China’s growing influence.
“As you know, the US strongly supports Kazakhstan’s sovereignty, territorial integrity and independenceBlinken emphasized, addressing his Kazakh counterpart Mukhtar Tilleuberdi, as reported by the Athens News Agency.
“At this particular time, those words have even more resonance than usual,” he added, referring to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
US officials have pointed out that the administration of US President Joe Biden is trying to strengthen its commitment to the region, with the aim of demonstrating the benefits of a partnership with the US using, as elsewhere in Africa or Latin America, the card of “reliable partner” .
“We have things to offer in terms of financial commitment, but also in terms of values“, assessed Donald Liu, responsible for Central Asia at the US Department of State.
Blinken assured today that the US is “determined to strengthen” its relations with Kazakhstan, a country which, after the collapse of the Soviet Union, follows a policy of promoting cooperation with various partners.
After his outbreak war in Ukrainethe leaders of these Central Asian countries have adopted an equidistant position.
The five former Soviet republics (Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and Turkmenistan) either abstained or did not take part in Thursday’s vote at the UN General Assembly to approve a draft resolution calling for the withdrawal of Russian troops from Ukraine.
Russia and Kazakhstan share the longest, continuous land border in the world, some 7,500 kilometers long. At the same time, a large Russian-speaking minority lives in Kazakhstan, the second largest after that of Ukraine.
Source: News Beast
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