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President of Kazakhstan Kassym -Jomart Tokaev refused to recognize the state sovereignty of the Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republics and called them “quasi-state”; area. He made such a statement at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum.
Commenting on the events in Ukraine, the President of Kazakhstan emphasized that the UN Charter plays the most important role in international law. However, according to Tokayev, two principles of international law have come into conflict: the right of nations to self-determination and the territorial integrity of the state. which will lead to chaos. The Kazakh president therefore noted that he recognized neither Taiwan, nor Kosovo, nor South Ossetia, nor Abkhazia. .