That’s pretty much a non-statement, and one would hardly expect different from the always circumspect Nazarbayev, especially with Putin standing at his elbow. To call Georgia’s actions to date “unwise” can safely be classified as an understatement, and to say that Kazakhstan has hardly flung a harsh word in Russia’s direction in the past 15 years is also not saying much.

Good opportunity for KZ to appear well above and out of the fray by sending humanitarian aid, refusing to criticize Russia, and criticizing Georgia only nominally. Well played.

Of course, if one still wants to send oil somewhere through the BTC pipeline without giving Russia its due, one would need to hope Georgia to be wiser in the future… at least, wise enough to continue to maintain what border integrity is left to it.