Russia and Kazakhstan discussed the increase in the transit supplies of Russian oil and gas through the territory of Kazakhstan and the possibility of providing the Russian gas of the north and northeast of the country. This is stated in the report of the Russian government following the meeting of the Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Alexander Novak with an adviser to the President of Kazakhstan, Magzum Mirzagaliev and the Minister of Energy of Kazakhstan, Yerlan Akkenzhenov.
According to the website of the Government of the Russian Federation, Minister of Energy Sergey Tsivilev, representatives of the Ministry of Energy of Russia and Kazakhstan and the embassy of the Republic of Kazakhstan in the Russian Federation also took part in the meeting.
“Relations with Astana are one of the priorities of the foreign policy of Russia. Despite the ongoing external pressure on the part of the West, Kazakhstan confirms the status of our closest ally and strategic partner. The basis of dynamically developing relations is the high intensity of political dialogue between Moscow and Astana, primarily at the level of heads of state. Cooperation in trade, economic and investment and investment is successfully developing areas, large -scale joint projects are developing in industrial cooperation, energy, transport infrastructure, agriculture and digital economy, ”said Novak.
According to him, Russia is one of the leading trading partners of Kazakhstan.
The parties discussed cooperation through OPEC+, interaction in the energy sector, including the area of electric power, hydropower and renewable energy sources. With the participation of Russian experts, three coal thermal power plants in Kazakhstan will be erected in the cities of Kokshetau, families and Ust-Kamenogorsk, and there will also be a reconstruction of two power units on the Ekibastuz GRESS-2.
In addition, the issues of participation of Russian companies in oil projects in Kazakhstan, as well as the possibilities of cooperation in the field of peaceful atom and in the financial and banking sector, were affected.