Kazakhstan’s Interest in Trans-Caspian Pipeline Project Genuine – PM

ASTANA. April 24 (Interfax) – Kazak Prime Minister Karim Masimov said that his country’s interest in the project to build trans- Caspian oil and gas pipelines has nothing to do with politics.

“There is no political angle here. Economic benefit is the only issue,” Masimov said at a press briefing in Astana on Tuesday.

“The position of the previous and current governments on the Trans-Caspian pipeline is as follows: any transportation of energy must benefit the nation. The government will move in the direction that will benefit our country and to where the [hydrocarbons] will be reasonable to export,” he said.

Kazakhstan is considering the possibility of joining the planned construction of Trans-Caspian pipelines.

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