Moscow, 2 March 2022 (TDI): Russian President, Vladimir Putin held a telephone conversation with Kazakhstan President, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev. Both officials discussed the Russian Ukraine crisis.
Likewise, Kazakhstan President Tokayev emphasized the exceptional importance of reaching compromise agreements during negotiations between Ukraine and Russia.
🇰🇿📞🇷🇺 President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev had a telephone conversation with President Vladimir Putin of Russiahttps://t.co/uyQVesqs4f pic.twitter.com/lgAMewgxXC
— President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev’s Press Office (@AkordaPress) March 2, 2022
Moreover, both Eurasian officials also discussed the economic cooperation between Russia and Kazakhstan. Further, they also talked about bilateral cooperation and trade relations between two countries.
Earlier, on 1 March 2022, President Tokayev argued for Russia and Ukraine to reach a successful agreement at the negotiating table. He said, “a bad peace is better than a good war”. Further, President offered that Kazakhstan is ready to provide mediation to solve the crisis.
Russia Ukraine Crisis: An Overview
Amidst arising uncertainty, Russia and Ukraine gained the entire world’s attention world on 24th February. Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine at the behest of its Security Council that convened a day before.
Prior to this, a day before, Russia also recognized the Republics of the Luhansk and Donetsk, much to the West’s chagrin. The Donetsk and Luhansk are a part of the Donbas region that is pro-Russia territory.
Recently, Western countries had been alleging Russia about troops’ deployment on the border of Ukraine. However, Russia had been denying the allegations by claiming that it has no intention to invade Ukraine.
One of the main issues of contention between Russia and the EU/US is NATO’s beefed-up defences in northeastern Europe and Ukraine’s intent to join NATO. Russian and Western counterparts held a series of negotiations to avert escalation. Though, that indelibly failed.
According to Russian Foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrov, Russia’s stance regarding Ukraine is a matter of principle. In this context, Russian President Vladimir Putin stated that if attempts to come to terms on mutually acceptable principles fail, Russia will adopt an appropriate response.
Contrarily, the Ukrainian authorities had been alerting the world about a possible invasion. Throughout 2021 and 2022, Russia and the West engaged in a diplomatic tussle related to Ukraine.
Likewise, the West kept accusing Russia of a military buildup on the border of Ukraine. whilst Russia kept objecting to NATO’s expansionist agenda that is considered a threat to its strategic security.
Consequently, tensions escalated between the two countries and led to strained bilateral relations. Moreover, despite the United States and EU sending strong messages to warn Russia, the threat of economic isolation couldn’t deter Russia to compromise on what it considers its national interest.
