Kazakh leader to address nation amid snap election speculation

FILE PHOTO – Kazakhstan’s interim President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, attends a wreath laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier by the Kremlin wall in Moscow, Russia April 4, 2019. Pavel Golovkin/Pool via REUTERS

April 9, 2019

ALMATY (Reuters) – Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev will make a televised address to the nation on Tuesday, his office said, amid speculation that the oil-exporting nation is headed towards an early presidential election.

Tokayev’s office did not disclose the topic of his address scheduled for 13:00 local time (0700 GMT), but it will follow the interim president’s meetings with senior officials and political party leaders to discuss the “domestic political agenda”.

(Reporting by Olzhas Auyezov; Editing by Simon Cameron-Moore)

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