Kazakhstan announced that Russia is ready to sell gas to Astana rather than Belarus. In this respect reported TASS, with reference to Kazakhstan Energy Minister Almasadam Satkaliyev.
The minister noted that the main gas energy company QazaqGaz and the Russian energy holding Gazprom have agreed on a route for the possible gasification of the northern and eastern regions of Kazakhstan.
“A series of talks took place under the leadership of Gazprom and under the leadership of QazaqGaz,” Satkaliyev said.
The minister said that Astana has a plan to gasify the regions of Kazakhstan.
“There is a pre-agreed route for new gas pipelines from Russia,” the minister said.
According to him, this gas pipeline “is likely to continue to China.”
“Them [российская сторона] give us gas at a much lower price than Belarus. Preliminary interviews are underway. “Russia is moving forward in securing a price several times lower than European prices and much lower than the Russian-Belarusian border,” he said.
On April 19, QazaqGaz and Gazprom agreed on the gasification of the northern and eastern regions of the republic. agreed on the gasification of the northern and eastern regions of the republic.