KAZAKHSTAN

Kazakhstan plans to deliver 100,000 tons of oil to Germany through the “Druzhba” pipeline in August this year.

This was announced on Sunday by the press service of the Ministry of Energy of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

According to the information, it is planned to transport oil in the direction of PSN “Samara” for its further delivery in the direction of “Adamova zastava” (Poland - Germany) from the resources of the company "Karachaganak Petroleum Operating" B.V.

On Sunday, the President of Kazakhstan Kasim-Jomart Tokayev will hold a meeting of the Security Council, at which the situation in Russia will be discussed. The press service of the President of Kazakhstan announced that the President will listen to the reports of the heads of the law enforcement agencies on the measures taken and the implementation of his instructions in connection with the situation in Russia.

Azerbaijan’s state oil company SOCAR and Kazakhstan’s National Company KazMunayGas have signed a Memorandum of Strategic Cooperation for the transit of Kazakhstani oil through the territory of Azerbaijan, Trend reports.

The document was signed following a meeting between the Prime Ministers of Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan, Ali Asadov and Alikhan Smailov, in Baku, says Azerbaijan’s Cabinet of Ministers.

Over the course of the country's invasion of Ukraine, beliefs about who is a friend and who is a foe of Russia have consolidated among its population. There is one surprising exception, however - Ukraine itself.

Kazakhstan accounts for 80 percent of the transit land shipments along the China-Europe route, Kazakhstan's President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev said during his meeting with Germany's President Frank-Walter Steinmeier in an expanded format, Trend reports.

The creation of a joint venture for the Middle Corridor is being discussed by the railway departments of Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan and Türkiye, Trans-Caspian International Transport Route (TITR) Secretary General Gaidar Abdikerimov told Trend.

According to him, work on the creation of a joint venture is in progress, and intensive negotiations are underway between the participating countries of this initiative.

Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan have signed 8 contracts worth $55 million, Serik Zhumangarin, Minister of Trade and Integration of Kazakhstan, said at a meeting with Parviz Shahbazov, Minister of Energy of Azerbaijan, on the sidelines of the Astana International Forum (AIF 2023), Trend reports from the scene.

By the end of the year, 1.125 million tons of oil from Kazakhstan will be transported via the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline, Minister of Energy of Azerbaijan, Parviz Shahbazov, said during a meeting with Serik Zhuminagarin, Minister of Trade and Integration of Kazakhstan, on the sidelines of the Astana International Forum (AIF 2023), Trend reports from the scene.

Kazakhstan's national company, KazTransOil JSC increased oil exports to the Baku Port by 75 percent month-on-month in April 2023, Trend reports via the company.

The European Commission assesses very highly the reforms carried out by Kazakhstan in the field of aviation and civil aviation management, Peter Bombay, Chairman of the European Union Safety Committee of the European Commission's Directorate General for Mobility and Transport, said, Trend reports, citing the Civil Aviation Committee of Kazakhstan.