哈萨克总统呼吁积极解决乌克兰危机
Kazakhstan's president has urged Russia and Ukraine to find a way to resolve the eastern Ukraine conflict.
哈萨克斯坦总统敦促俄罗斯与乌克兰找到一个方法来解决乌克兰东部的冲突问题。
Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) welcomes his Kazakh counterpart Nursultan Nazarbayev during a meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow, December 22, 2014.
"I call on Russia and Ukraine to think about finding a compromise in order to overcome this situation, by preserving the territorial integrity of Ukraine and bringing together their positions. Because the current situation is nonsense, it is not normal. I hope Ukraine will get stronger by overcoming this situation. "
Nursultan Nazarbayev made the comments during a news conference in Kiev, following talks with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko.
The two sides agreed to renew full-scale military and technical cooperation between the countries and announced that Kazakhstan will supply coal to Ukraine.
Later on Monday, Nazarbayev traveled to Moscow and met with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin.
Kazakhstan and Belarus signed a treaty with Russia in May to create a new trading bloc called the Eurasian Economic Union. It comes into force on January 1.