Russia intends to increase gas supplies to the domestic markets of Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak said, TASS reports.
However, the main consumer of pipeline gas from Russia is China, the Russian energy minister said.
We are discussing with our partners from Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan the growth of gas supplies to their domestic market, as their consumption increases, Novak said.
Uzbekistan bought $1 billion worth of gas from Turkmenistan in 2022, although it produces large volumes of its own gas. Due to the growth of domestic consumption, the country's authorities in 2022 stopped gas exports to other countries.
And it is likely that gas consumption in the country will only increase, and therefore Uzbekistan needs an additional volume of Russian gas.
CentralasianLIGHT.org
December 26, 2022