Russia (bbabo.net), - Through the actions of peacekeepers in Kazakhstan, the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) has shown its viability and relevance, believes Valentina Matviyenko, Chairman of the Federation Council.

Earlier, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said that Russia is trying to expand its zone of influence on Kazakhstan.

"This cynicism, you know, is already so obvious. Where is NATO, where is the United States, where is Kazakhstan? We have the longest border with Kazakhstan. After all, if we failed to cope with this situation in a timely manner, it would be a threat not only to the sovereignty of Kazakhstan, it was a threat to the security of sovereignty and neighboring countries," Matvienko said on the Russia-1 TV channel in the Moscow. Kremlin. Putin program (quoted by TASS).

The speaker of the Federation Council recalled that there had been skeptical talk about the role of the organization before.

"The CSTO has shown its viability, relevance and timeliness of the creation of this organization," she added.

Mass protests in Kazakhstan took place in early January. On January 13, the successful completion of the CSTO mission was announced, now the peacekeepers are returning from Kazakhstan. On Sunday morning, it became known that all 19 aircraft of the Aerospace Forces with Russian peacekeepers from the CSTO forces that had taken off from Alma-Ata arrived at the Chkalovsky airfield near Moscow.

bbabo.Net