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Kazakh President nominates Alikhan Smailov for prime minister
The National Post reported according to Reuters, Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev nominated Alikhan Smailov for prime minister on Tuesday, and the lower house of parliament swiftly voted him in during a session broadcast live on state television.
Smailov, 49, served as first deputy prime minister in the previous cabinet which Tokayev dismissed last week amid violent unrest in the oil-rich Central Asian nation.
China offers cooperation with Kazakhstan to increase 'law enforcement and security'
Putin and Tokayev discuss by phone the measures taken to quell unrest in Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan’s interior ministry said on Tuesday that Kazakh security forces have detained 9,900 people over the unrest.
Source: nationalpost
