Russia says West is trying to drive a wedge between it and Kazakhstan -TASS

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev address the participants of the Russia-Kazakhstan Interregional Cooperation Forum via a video link in Moscow, Russia November 28, 2022. Sputnik/Mikhail Klimentyev/Kremlin via REUTERS/File photo

(Reuters) - Russia's security council accused the West on Friday of trying to drive a wedge between Russia and Kazakhstan by interfering in the affairs of sovereign nations, Russia's TASS reported.

The comments reported by TASS came on the day security council secretary Nikolai Patrushev visited Kazakhstan to meet counterparts from across the former Soviet Central Asian region.