Kazakh foreign ministry denies talks underway to send troops to Syria

Kazakh Foreign Minister Kairat Abdrakhmanov has denied reports that negotiations are under way on sending Kazakh servicemen to Syria.

"Kazakhstan is not negotiating with anyone about sending its service personnel to Syria," Interfax cited the minister as saying.

Earlier, Turkish presidential spokesman Ibrahim Kalin said Russia had proposed that Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan send military personnel to monitor safe zones in Syria.