Tokayev instructed to restore the main facilities in Alma-Ata in eight months

"I give eight months ... the main facilities need to be restored, but the work will continue further," RIA Novosti quoted him as saying.

Earlier, the President of Kazakhstan announced the completion of the CSTO peacekeeping operation in the republic.

The ministers of defense of the CSTO countries will approve the procedure for the withdrawal of peacekeepers from Kazakhstan on January 13.

Tokayev also lifted the state of emergency in three regions of the country - West Kazakhstan region, North Kazakhstan region and Pavlodar region.