Kazakhstan’s former President Nursultan Nazarbayev, who was conspicuously silent during recent turmoil, denied that he had been embroiled in political infighting and expressed confidence in his chosen successor
during several days of turmoil that recently engulfed the Central Asian nation, denied in an address to the nation on Tuesday that he had been embroiled in political infighting and expressed full confidence in his chosen successor.outbreak of violent unrest
In a video message, the 81-year-old, who led Kazakhstan for more than three decades and quashed any challenge to his rule, said he never left the country and remains in the capital, Nur-Sultan, where he has been “on a well-deserved rest” since“President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has full power,” Mr. Nazarbayev said. “There is no conflict or confrontation in the elite. Rumors on this subject are absolutely groundless.
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