NUR-SULTAN. Oct 9 (Interfax) - The presidents of Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan have expressed profound concern about the events unfolding in Kyrgyzstan in a joint statement.
"As next-door neighbors bound by centuries-old ties of friendship, neighborliness, and shared cultural and spiritual values, we call on the people of Kyrgyzstan to show their inherent wisdom on these difficult days for the sake of preservation of peace and restoration of stability in the country," said the statement published on the Kazakh presidential website on Friday.
"Hopefully, all political parties and civic communities of Kyrgyzstan will do their best to ensure peace and tranquility and to solve arising problems in strict compliance with the Constitution and national laws," the statement said.
Kyrgyzstan's wellbeing is an important factor of regional security and sustainable development of entire Central Asia, it said.
"Our countries share the past and are building a common future. Peoples of Central Asia are historically united by the aspiration for a lasting peace, concord, and creative work to the benefit of next generations. Our states share the same goals and actively strengthen regional cooperation in trade, economic, investment, transport, communication, cultural and humanitarian areas, as well as transborder and inter-regional interaction," the statement said.
"While traveling the path of further strengthening of Central Asian solidarity, we will always be supporting the people of Kyrgyzstan in their striving for unity, peaceful and independent development, and prosperity," the presidents said.