President of Kazakhstan says he has weathered attempted coup d'etat

President of Kazakhstan says he has weathered attempted coup d'etat

NUR-SULTAN: Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev said on Monday (Jan 10) that his country had weathered an attempted coup d'etat coordinated by what he called "a single centre" after the most violent unrest since the Soviet collapse. In a speech to an online meeting of the Russian-led Collective Security

Kazakh leader says unrest was ‘attempted coup d’etat’

ALMATY - Kazakhstan President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev on Monday described days of historic unrest in his Central Asian country as a coup attempt and vowed his security services would never shoot peaceful protesters.

Kazakhstan president claims violent protests were 'attempted coup d'état'

Both President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin have said that Russian forces sent to the country will be withdrawn.

Kazakh President ‘weathered attempted coup d’etat’

After a week of violent protests in Kazakhstan, President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev says the country weathered an attempted coup d’etat, while Russian President Vladimir Putin claimed victory in defending Kazakhstan from what he described as a foreign-backed terrorist uprising. Rachel Judah has more.

Kazakhstan’s President Claims Attempted Coup d’Etat

“Kazakhstan’s President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has described deadly violence last week as an attempted coup d’etat,” the BBC reports.“He told leaders of a military alliance of ex-Soviet states the action had been co-ordinated by a ‘single center,’ but did not name those responsible.”

Kazakhstan says 'attempted coup' foiled, order restored

Kazakhstan’s constitutional order has been restored after an attempted coup was thwarted, president Kassym-Jomart Tokayev said Monday.