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The CSTO peacekeepers will remain in Kazakhstan until the situation is fully stabilized, said the commander of the Russian Airborne Troops, Colonel-General Andrei Serdyukov, who leads the contingent of CSTO peacekeepers in Kazakhstan.

In accordance with the decision of the CSTO Collective Security Council, the peacekeeping forces have completed deployment on the territory of Kazakhstan. This was stated on Sunday at a joint briefing in Alma-Ata by the commander of the collective peacekeeping forces of the CSTO in Kazakhstan, Colonel-General Andrey Serdyukov.

On Sunday, the Secretary General of the CSTO Stanislav Zas spoke by phone with the commander of the Collective Peacekeeping Forces of the CSTO in the Republic of Kazakhstan, Colonel-General Andrey Serdyukov. This was reported in the press service of the Organization.

Today, under the general leadership of the Chief of the CSTO Joint Staff, Colonel-General Anatoly Sidorov, a working meeting was held with the participation of representatives of the general staffs of the armed forces of the CSTO member states. By video conference, the participants noted the main thing that the transfer of units of the CSTO peacekeeping forces to Kazakhstan was carried out in the shortest possible time. Special words of gratitude were addressed to the Russian Aerospace Forces.

The United States next week, as part of negotiations with Russia in Geneva, intends to discuss the malicious actions of the Russian Federation, in particular, the violation of the arms control regime, the White House reported on Wednesday.

Finnish President Sauli Niinisto said that his position on the country's membership in NATO has not changed. He noted that many interpretations of the New Year's speech were voiced both inside and outside the country, in which he spoke about the possibility of Finland to apply for membership in the alliance.

Washington has not yet specified which Russian proposals are unacceptable to it, the Deputy Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation noted

Russia is counting on a fairly quick result at the January talks with Washington and NATO on security guarantees, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said.

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said that in connection with the appeal of the President of Kazakhstan, he decided to send the collective peacekeeping forces of the CSTO to the republic in order to stabilize and normalize the situation.

Kazakhstan, in an appeal to the CSTO for help, called what is happening in the country an invasion of militants trained abroad, the CSTO press service reported.

U.S. Defense Ministers Lloyd Austin and British Ben Wallace confirmed during a telephone conversation that they support the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine, the Pentagon said.

The US Secretary of State and Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi discussed issues related to Ukraine's sovereignty and the DPRK's latest missile launch during a telephone conversation, the US State Department said.

To stabilize the situation in Kazakhstan, collective peacekeeping forces of the CSTO have been sent to this country for a limited period of time, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the organization's secretariat.

The Tajik Foreign Ministry announced on Thursday that the republic is ready to take part in the CSTO peacekeeping operation to assist Kazakhstan.

Sending units of the armed forces of the CSTO countries to Kazakhstan and, in particular, Russian paratroopers, is not interference in the internal affairs of Kazakhstan, former commander of the Airborne Troops of the Russian Federation, retired Colonel-General Georgy Shpak, told Interfax.

Belarus is ready to provide assistance to the friendly people of Kazakhstan, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Belarus said on Thursday.

The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs regards what is happening in Kazakhstan as an externally inspired attempt to undermine the security and integrity of the Central Asian state.

Estonian President Alar Karis views Russia's proposals on security guarantees as an ultimatum and does not see them as a basis for negotiations with the West.

President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko said that it is impossible to give Kazakhstan, it will be a gift to the West, comparable to Ukraine.

A peacekeeping company of the 103rd Airborne Vitebsk Brigade of special operations forces has been sent to Kazakhstan, Belarusian Defense Minister Viktor Khrenin said on Thursday.

The first units of the Russian contingent of the CSTO peacekeeping forces have arrived in Kazakhstan. This was reported by the Russian Defense Ministry.

There, it was noted that the Russian contingent of military transport aircraft was delivered to the territory of Kazakhstan. Now Russian peacekeepers with regular equipment continue to be transferred to Kazakhstan.