Kazakhstan backs Cyprus with UN-weight pledge as presidents meet in Astana

Kazakhstan’s President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev explicitly invoked the UN Charter and Security Council resolutions in affirming his country’s support for Cyprus’s sovereignty and territorial integrity during talks with President Nikos Christodoulides in Astana — a signal that diplomatic sources told Phileleftheros carries particular weight given Tokayev’s own senior background at the United Nations.

The commitment on the Cyprus problem was what Nicosia took away as the key political outcome of...