Kazakhstan ready to increase oil supplies to Germany, president says

BERLIN, Sept 28 (Reuters) – Kazakhstan is ready to increase oil supplies to Germany, Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev said on Thursday after talks with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in Berlin. Tokayev said Kazakhstan has shipped 500,000 metric tonnes of crude to Germany’s Schwedt refinery via Russia’s Druzhba pipeline this year, sales that began after Berlin […]

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Kazakhstan Reaffirms Commitment to Strengthening Multifaceted Cooperation With Central Asia

BY SANIYA SAKENOVA in EDITOR’S PICKS, INTERNATIONAL ASTANA – Kazakhstan remains steadfast in its commitment to strategic, multifaceted cooperation with all Central Asian countries, President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev said at the fifth Consultative Meeting of the Heads of State of Central Asia on Sept. 14, reported the Akorda press service. The President acknowledged the success of […]

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Kazakhstan Seeks to Intensify Trade Cooperation with Eastern Countries

BY DANA OMIRGAZY in BUSINESS, EDITOR’S PICKS, INTERNATIONAL ASTANA – Kazakh government plans to develop a roadmap for promising joint investment projects with eastern countries and provide an effective algorithm for interaction with Chinese business executives, reported the Prime Minister’s press service on Sept. 9. Deputy Prime Minister Serik Zhumangarin, heads of government agencies and […]

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Kazakhstan to hold referendum on construction of first-ever nuclear plant

Astana: Kazakhstan’s President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev said on Friday (September 1) that his government would hold a referendum to decide whether to construct the country’s first nuclear power plant. Addressing the parliament, President Tokayev said the development of nuclear energy had become a particularly important economic and political issue. Kazakhstan has long discussed the idea (of having […]

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