BRUSSELS – Those who oppose Western rapprochement with Kazakhstan cite the country’s lack of political and human rights. But, while Kazakhstan has not gone down the “color revolution” route to democracy that other post-Soviet republics like Ukraine and Georgia have followed, its timidity about reform does not justify isolation.
布鲁塞尔&#45;&#45;那些反对与哈萨克斯坦和好的人指出该国缺乏政治权利和人权。但是，尽管哈萨克斯坦并非像乌克兰和格鲁吉亚等其他后苏联共和国那样走向民主的“颜色革命”之路，其在改革上的软弱并不应当为孤立该国提供理由。