Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- Recently, information about the detention at the Zhibek Zholy checkpoint in Turkestan region (Republic of Kazakhstan) of a citizen of the Republic of Uzbekistan suspected of participating in the unrest in Kazakhstan was circulated in a number of media outlets.

According to the information received by the Consulate General of the Republic of Uzbekistan in Almaty from the press service of the National Security Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the detainee is not a citizen of the Republic of Uzbekistan.