CSTO Secretary General Zas noted the politicization by the West of the assessment of the actions of peacekeepers in Kazakhstan

He said this in an interview with Belarus 1.

“Apparently, this (politicization. -

is.

Yes, now there are difficult relations, for example, between Russia and the United States and other Western countries, a complex dialogue, even some kind of confrontation.

Of course, the actions in which Russia participates ... will also be politicized, ”RIA Novosti quotes Zasya.

As Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said earlier, the US reaction to the CSTO operation in Kazakhstan was self-revealing, confirming Moscow's worst assumptions about Washington's intentions in Eurasia.

US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said that the United States wants to hear from Kazakhstan an explanation why the country's authorities decided to seek help from the CSTO to stabilize the situation.