OREANDA-NEWS  President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev spoke at the opening of the Games of the Future and thanked Russian Leader Vladimir Putin for his words about Kazakhstan. His words, uttered from the podium, are quoted by Kazinform in the Telegram channel.

"I would like to express my great gratitude to the leader of Russia, Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin, for a special video message, kind words addressed to Kazakhstan and parting words to the athletes," the politician said.

On July 25 in Omsk, on the sidelines of the XXII Forum of Interregional Cooperation between Kazakhstan and Russia, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev called for freezing the conflict in Ukraine and returning to the Istanbul agreements. According to the politician, he receives many signals from Europe and the United States regarding the Ukrainian conflict.

A few days later, Vladimir Putin issued orders to change military-technical cooperation with Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan. It includes arms supplies, equipment repairs, and joint exercises, and is based on bilateral treaties and partnerships in the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO).