Kazakhstan has not received official proposals from Russia regarding the creation of a “tripartite gas union”. According to Zakon.kz, this was announced by the official representative of the Ministry of Energy of the Republic Shyngys Ilyasov.
“The initiative to form trilateral cooperation between the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Russian Federation and the Republic of Uzbekistan in the gas industry in November 2022 was announced by the Russian Federation. At the same time, there have been no official proposals from either the Russian or Uzbek sides,” he said.
The proposal to create a “tripartite gas union” was expressed by President Vladimir Putin. The Kremlin explained the essence of the project as follows: at the first stage, it was planned to create a coordination mechanism, in the future – to develop the infrastructure for consumption and transportation of gas for both domestic and foreign markets.
Russian Energy Minister Nikolai Shulginov said in June that discussions on the creation of the union were continuing on the basis of the road maps signed by Gazprom with partners from Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan at the beginning of the year.
Source: Rosbalt
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