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As Reuters reported, Wang made the comments in a phone call with Kazakh Foreign Minister Mukhtar Tileuberdi. “China is willing to jointly oppose the interference and infiltration of any external power,” Wang said.
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“The recent chaos in Kazakhstan shows that the situation in Central Asia still faces formidable challenges, and it proves once again that some external powers do not want peace and tranquility in our region,” China’s Foreign Ministry said, quoting Wang as telling Tileuberdi.
Last week, government buildings in several cities in Kazakhstan were seized or burned as peaceful protests against rising fuel prices turned violent. Troops were ordered to shoot, to kill, and to quell rebellions across the land.
Authorities have blamed the violence on “extremists”, including Islamist militants trained abroad. Authorities also asked the Russian-led military bloc to send troops, which the government says have been deployed to guard strategic sites, a move the United States has questioned.
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Experts say China fears instability in its neighbors could threaten energy imports and Belt-and-Road projects there, and security in the western Xinjiang region, which borders Kazakhstan along a 1,770 km (1,110 mi) stretch.
On Friday, Chinese President Xi Jinping told Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev that China firmly opposes any foreign powers that destabilize Kazakhstan and engineer a “color revolution”, Chinese state television said.
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