The High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Josep Borrell, said he had been in contact with the Kazakh foreign minister on Friday 7 January. “I have indicated that the EU is ready to support de-escalation and stability”, he wrote on Twitter.
The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, repeated the same words in Paris at a press conference, without giving further details on the nature of potential European support.
The spokesperson...