President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev said that he supports the proposal made by Russian President Vladimir Putin to create a kind of trilateral union of Russia, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, including to resolve issues in the gas sector, Interfax reports.
“Yes, there are issues that require additional coordination and even negotiations. In particular, we are talking about the gas sector. But here we are not dramatizing any issues. I just told the President of Russia that there are such issues, they need to be discussed , but absolutely without any dramatization. These are working issues," Tokayev said at a meeting with Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, which took place after the Russian-Kazakh top-level talks in the Kremlin.
The President of Kazakhstan expressed confidence that "we will reach appropriate agreements." "Moreover, today Vladimir Vladimirovich said that we need to create some kind of trilateral union, and he is going to call the President of Uzbekistan," Tokayev said.
He added: "We also need to delve into this topic, in any case, I, not to mention our specialists, in order to come to the desired result and agreement." "Why not," concluded the President of Kazakhstan.
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November 29, 2022