The Russian language was chosen for the interview with the President of Kazakhstan, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, in order to reach a larger audience, the press service of the head of state reports. Earlier, Tokayev gave an interview to the state television channel Khabar 24. Since it was also watched by a foreign audience, Russian was chosen as the main language.
During a conversation with a TV channel correspondent, Tokayev spoke about the causes and consequences of the tragic events of January, political and social reforms, and relations with other countries.
“Today, an interview is aired on republican TV channels head of state Kassym-Jomart Tokayev“, the press secretary of the politician Berik Uali said in social networks. It is specified that after the tragic events of January, the head of state received many requests for interviews from Russian, European, Asian, American media. The press service promised that the next interview with the local press would be published in Kazakh.