Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev joined Russian President Vladimir Putin at a Russia-Kazakhstan forum in Omsk on July 25 and urged an immediate freeze of the Ukraine war along with a return to the Istanbul negotiating framework. Tokayev referenced prior Istanbul talks from 2022 and 2025, called for security guarantees from major powers including Russia, and stated that the conflict must end. The remarks occurred amid ongoing discussions of diplomatic options in the Russia-Ukraine war.