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The Armenian Foreign Ministry has provided details regarding the dispatch of Armenian troops to Kazakhstan as part of the CSTO peacekeeping forces.

In response to Armenpress inquiry, Armenian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Vahan Hunanyan said that no Armenian citizen was injured as a result of the events in Kazakhstan.

He also said that the Armenian government does not intend to evacuate its citizens from Kazakhstan at the moment.

“The task of Armenian peacekeepers will be to protect strategic facilities,” Hunanyan noted.

Kazakh law enforcers eliminated 26 participants of the recent mass protests and detained over 3,000 more, Khabar-24 TV channel reported on Friday citing the country’s Interior Ministry, TASS reported.