Information about the presence of the former President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev in China is false. The PRC Foreign Ministry denied the rumors spread by the media, RIA Novosti reports.
“This is absolutely false information. We noticed that the press secretary of the former president of Kazakhstan said that Nazarbayev is currently in the capital of the country, Nur-Sultan,” the ministry said.
On Friday, January 7, Kazakh media reported that the former president of the republic, his daughters and their families had left the country. At the same time, only Nazarbayev's younger brother Bolat remained in Kazakhstan.
Nazarbayev's press secretary Aidos Ukibay said that the ex-president is in the capital of Kazakhstan, Nur-Sultan. He specified that the former leader of the country is holding a number of consultative meetings and is in contact with the President of Kazakhstan, Kassym-Zhomart Tokayev.