Kazakhstan does not want to be behind a new iron curtain

Companies leaving Russia because of the war in Ukraine are welcome to move their production to Kazakhstan, the deputy foreign minister told a German newspaper, adding that Kazakhstan does not want to be on the wrong side of a new “iron curtain”.

“Countries should not come just to avoid sanctions against Russia,” but all countries with a good reputation that want to move their production here are welcome, “Roman Vasilenko told Die Welt.

“If there is a new iron curtain, we do not want to be behind it,” he said, referring to the western term for the dividing line between eastern and western Europe during the Cold War.

A number of Western companies are closing their businesses in Russia in response to pressure from consumers to take a stand against the invasion of Ukraine.

Kazakhstan has avoided criticizing Russia’s move to invade another former Soviet republic, but Kazakh President Kashim-Jomart Tokayev said this month that all countries must strictly adhere to the rules and principles of the UN Charter. .

SOURCE: AMPE

Source: Capital

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