Kazakhstan Energy Minister Bolat Akçulakov said that the possibility of forming a gas union with Russia and Uzbekistan was not discussed. DEA News.
“The issue of establishing a gas union was not discussed. All negotiations took place in the format of bilateral cooperation of Kazakhstan with the Russian Federation, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan. We discuss the technical capabilities of our systems – gas transport, etc.
According to Akchulakov, cooperation in the gas sector requires the coordination of three parties. He emphasized that it was about labor issues, “the establishment of some kind of union, it was definitely not talked about.”
Ruslan Zheldibay, Press Secretary of the President of Kazakhstan, said in a statement on social networks that President Kasım-Jomart Tokayev and Russian President Vladimir Putin, discussed “A tripartite gas union of the Russian Federation, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan to coordinate actions on the transport of Russian gas through the territory of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan.” He was involved in gas pipeline projects in southern Asia to Afghanistan and Pakistan.