ASTANA, Kazakhstan, April 2. Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan are interested in gas supplies on a mutually beneficial basis, Trend reports.
This was discussed at a meeting in Ashgabat between Kazakhstan’s QazaqGaz Chairman of the Board Sanzhar Zharkeshov, Turkmenistan’s Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers Batyr Amanov, and Chairman of the State Concern Türkmengaz Maksat Babayev.
During the negotiations, the parties explored opportunities for successful cooperation in the gas industry between the two countries.
They highlighted their mutual interest in developing production assets together, implementing gas pipeline projects in their respective territories, and facilitating mutually advantageous gas supplies.
After the discussions, the parties expressed their willingness to collaborate and enhance strategic cooperation in the gas sector.
Kazakhstan’s Energy Minister Almassadam Satkaliyev previously mentioned the possibility of Kazakhstan purchasing gas and electricity from Turkmenistan.
“We are in constant communication with our Central Asian counterparts regarding the exchange and supply of energy resources. Turkmenistan has the capacity to provide electricity, with exports already underway to the Kyrgyz Republic. We are open to considering proposals from our Turkmen partners for gas and electricity, based on the commercial benefits for our users,” the minister stated.
Turkmenistan’s Chairman of the People’s Council, Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, had previously indicated at the 15th meeting of the Council of Elders of the Organization of Turkic States (OTS) in Ashgabat that Turkmenistan could potentially export a significant amount of energy resources to Azerbaijan, Turkey, and Kazakhstan.
