ANTALYA (TURCHIA) (ITALPRESS) – The President of Kazakhstan, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, has launched an appeal for “more responsibility and pragmatism” among world leaders, while underlining the need for a reform of the United Nations. The Astana Times reports it, specifying that the intervention was pronounced during a high-level panel at the Antalya Diplomacy Forum 2026, in Turkey. In his speech, Tokayev highlighted how contemporary crises are no longer confined to the local level, but now have a “allargated” impact. “Regional conflicts today go far beyond regional dimensions. They become global,” said Tokayev, as the newspaper reports. According to the President, this scenario makes an effective international system even more urgent. “The United Nations remains indispensable and universal,” he said. While reaffirming the central role of the UN, the head of the Kazakh State stressed its structural limitations and identified in the internal balances of the organization the major obstacles to a real change. “We must be very sincere in saying that it is the Security Council to act as an obstacle to UN reform,” said Tokayev. Kazakh President then outlined a trend that sees the main negotiations taking place outside the United Nations platforms and other major international organizations. “We never see a high UN representative mediating these conflicts. It’s a huge problem. This is the marginalization of the UN. I’m very concerned,” said Tokayev, always according to the Astana Times.
Kazakh President also recalled the role of the so-called “middle powers”, including Kazakhstan and Turkey, a country that hosted the forum. “The regional or medium-sized powers, or even small states, behave much more responsible on the international scene,” he added. In Tokayev’s intervention there was no lack of reference to the current global tensions, and in particular to the Iranian question, which Kazakh President defined extremely complex. In this regard, Tokayev appealed to a de-escalation and at the same time reiterated the solidarity of Kazakhstan to the Gulf countries. Finally, nuclear issues should remain central in the negotiations.
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