Transfer of the Armenian Armed Forces from the CSTO peacekeeping forces to Kazakhstan

Yerevan: The government of Armenia allowed a unit of the Armed Forces of the republic to participate in the peacekeeping mission in Kazakhstan.

"Taking into account the CSTO decision of January 6, to allow the Armenian Armed Forces unit involved in the peacekeeping group of the CSTO countries to take part in the peacekeeping mission in Kazakhstan as part of the CSTO collective peacekeeping forces," the decision of the Armenian government says.

The situation in Kazakhstan escalated on January 2, when rallies began in Zhanaozen (a city in the Mangistau region, in the west of the country) against a sharp increase in prices for liquefied gas. They then escalated into massive protests across the country with economic and political demands. On January 4 and 5, protesters clashed with security forces in Almaty.

There are dead and injured. On the morning of January 5, the President of Kazakhstan dismissed the government. A state of emergency has been introduced in the country.