Peskov Responds To ‘Prick’ Against Lukashenka By President Of Kazakhstan

The Kremlin was worried about Tokayev's claims.

The Kremlin reacted to the statement of President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Zhomart Tokayev, who criticized the “different level of integration in the EAEU”, Gazeta.Ru writes.

— Within one integration, there are more advanced integrations. The “union state” of Russia and Belarus is an order of magnitude more advanced integration than the EurAsEC. Of course, this is a unique situation in the world, and it should be taken into account, — Dmitry Peskov, the press secretary of the President of Russia, commented on Tokayev's words that Moscow and Minsk “even have nuclear weapons for two now.”

At the plenary session of the second Eurasian Economic Forum on May 24, Tokayev proposed to discuss “one delicate moment” — the presence of the Union State represented by Belarus and Russia within the framework of the Eurasian Economic Union.

“We have a “union state” in the EAEU, that is, a unique precedent or phenomenon has been created in world political history — the creation of a state according to the formula “two countries — one state” with a single political, legal, military, economic, monetary, cultural, humanitarian space, with a single union government, with a single union parliament. I apologize, even nuclear weapons are one for two now,” the President of Kazakhstan said.

At the same time, he stressed that there is another level of integration, represented by Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Armenia.

“And we need to reckon with this reality, and focus on working in these conditions. This is a conceptual issue. We need, I think, to discuss this problem at this economic forum,” Tokayev added.