Kazakhstan's Foreign Ministry has commented on media reports suggesting that refugee reception centres could be established in the country, an agency correspondent reports.
During a briefing, journalists asked whether the European Union was indeed considering setting up migrant reception centres in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan.
As far as I am aware, there are no such negotiations. We are holding talks with the European side on simplifying visa requirements for our citizens, alongside a readmission agreement. However, this simply means that if one of our citizens leaves the country illegally, we undertake to accept them back," Foreign Ministry spokesperson Yerlan Zhetybayev explained.
He stressed that the ongoing discussions with the European Union concern visa facilitation and readmission arrangements, rather than the establishment of migrant or refugee centres in Kazakhstan.
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