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President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev refused to recognize the state sovereignty of the Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics, calling them “quasi-state” territories. He made such a statement at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum.
Commenting on the events in Ukraine, the President of Kazakhstan stressed that the UN Charter plays an important role in international law. However, two principles of international law, according to Tokayev, have come into conflict: the right of nations to self-determination and the territorial integrity of the state.
Tokayev said that if the right of nations to self-determination is followed, more than 500 states will appear on Earth, which will lead to chaos. Therefore, the Kazakh President noted, he does not recognize Taiwan, Kosovo, South Ossetia, or Abkhazia.
As Tokayev stated, this approach will probably be applied to the DPR and the LPR, which are “quasi-state territories”.