ASTANA. Feb 28 (Interfax) - Kazakhstan does not see any threats or risks coming from Russia, Kazakh Foreign Minister Mukhtar Tileuberdi said.
"Kazakhstan will not allow using its territory for any kinds of invasions or imposition of sanctions [or circumvention of sanctions]. Nevertheless, we are not seeing any risks or threats from Russia at this point," Tileuberdi said at a press briefing at the end of U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken's visit to Astana.
He thus answered a question on whether Russia posed any risk to Central Asian countries.
Tileuberdi noted that Kazakhstan is a member of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU), the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), same as other countries bordering Russia or sharing the region with it.
"We view our relations with Russia as an alliance that operates within the framework of these multilateral structures. As for bilateral cooperation, we have a solid legal foundation," he said.
Kazakhstan and Russia have finalized border delimitation, Tileuberdi said.
"Kazakhstan is continuing to pursue its diversified policy, thus trying to keep the system of checks and balances in place and ensure mutually advantageous cooperation and relations with all countries of the world," he said.