WASHINGTON — The United States has warned Kazakhstan that a planned referendum that could extend the rule of President Nursultan Nazarbayev would be a setback for democracy.
State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley said Wednesday that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton conveyed the message in a meeting with Kazakhstan’s foreign minister, Kanat Suadabeyev, a day earlier.
Crowley said Clinton urged Kazakhstan to “renew its commitments to democracy, good governance and human rights.”
(AP)