Yerzhan Ashkibaev, Kazakhstan’s Ambassador to the United States, said that he sees the risk of the republic’s refusal to pump oil from the territory of the Russian Federation as a doomsday scenario. It has been reported DEA News.
“You’re drawing a kind of apocalyptic scenario,” said the diplomat.
Thus, he answered the question of whether, due to Western sanctions against Russia, it would be more difficult for Kazakhstan to pump oil from the territory of the Russian Federation, and at some point it should consider the possibilities of refusal. to pump oil through the Russian Federation.
It was known before that the European Union countries the discussion started The new sanctions package, aimed at combating Russia’s overcoming of existing trade restrictions, could include companies from Moscow-friendly countries.
Dozens of companies from China, Iran, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan could be blacklisted, helping Moscow bypass restrictions. The EU also plans to limit supplies to third countries that re-export European products to Russia.