President of Kazakhstan Tokayev said there was no bargaining with Nazarbayev about personal privileges

“No, of course, there was no bargaining, there was no talk about personal privileges either (with Nazarbayev. -

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The only thing that was discussed was the need to urgently resolve the issue of the status of the chairman of the Security Council,” he said in an interview with the republican TV channel Khabar 24.

Tokayev added that when the situation in Kazakhstan worsened, he was forced to declare that he was the chairman of the Security Council of the republic.

“This issue was resolved literally on the go,” the President of Kazakhstan said.

Earlier, Nazarbayev, in a video message, stated that there was no conflict and confrontation in the elite of the republic.