Kazakhstan president Kassym-Jomart Tokayev announced defeating the coup attempt following violent incidents last week.

In a speech to an online meeting of the Russian-led military bloc CSTO, Tokayev said that order had now been restored in Kazakhstan, but that the hunt for terrorists was ongoing.

“Under the guise of spontaneous protests, a wave of unrest broke out… It became clear that the main goal was to undermine the constitutional order and to seize power. We are talking about an attempted coup d’etat,” he said.

Following Tokayev’s speech, Russian president Vladimir Putin said the unrest in Kazakhstan had been exploited by destructive internal and external forces and vowed that the Russian-led CSTO military alliance would not allow other forces to destabilize them.

He added that the deployment of Russian troops had prevented armed groups from undermining the basis of power in Kazakhstan and would be withdrawn once their mission was complete.

Meanwhile, China announced it was willing to increase law enforcement and security cooperation with neighboring Kazakhstan and help oppose interference by external forces.

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