Kazakhstan eyes post-riot restoration as situation stabilizes

NUR-SULTAN/MOSCOW - Kazakhstan will pay special attention to normalizing life across the country as chaos caused by days of violent protests is easing.

At a government meeting on Saturday, Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev urged the restoration of administrative and public facilities in the largest city of Almaty and other regions hit by the terrorist attacks.

The president asked the prosecutor general, chairman of the National Security Committee, and acting ministers of internal affairs and defense to continue efforts to pacify the perpetrators.