Kazakhstan will start supplying oil products to Armenia in 2020

ArmInfo.At the beginning of 2020, the volumes of export of Kazakhstani oil and oil products to Armenia will be determined.

Deputy Energy Minister of Kazakhstan Aset Magauov  announced at a press conference in the Central Communications Service  on the report of the Ministry of Energy of Kazakhstan on the  implementation of the message and instructions of the head of state,  zakon.kz correspondent reports. ''The EAEU Agreement provides that  the supply of oil and oil products are regulated on the basis of  bilateral agreements.

In principle, our approaches to our colleagues from the Republic of  Belarus, Armenia, and Kyrgyzstan are identical. We insist that in  case of supply of petroleum products or oil further re-export of our  products, or products derived from our oil, are excluded. So that  these supplies provide only the internal needs of our colleagues. In  general, we agreed on the editorial board with both countries. Now  procedures are underway regarding volumes'', Magauov said. The  volumes themselves, according to the deputy minister, will be  provided for by indicative (forecast) balances, which are signed for  each year. At the moment, the ministry stipulates procedures for  regulation and control, and only then it will proceed to discuss  volumes.  <Of course, requests may be large, but we will proceed from  the internal balance. We should consider the surplus we have, whether  we have enough resources to supply oil. It's too early to talk about  volumes, " he added.

According to the procedure after the ministry signs an agreement,  there is a process of coordination with the involved departments.  These are the established domestic procedures. The agreement passes  linguistic examination, scientific and legal examination, additional  coordination with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.  All this takes  about a month.

By the way, the most active work is underway on signing an agreement  with Armenia. ''The Armenian side accepted all our proposals on the  text of the agreement. After we agreed on everything with them, we  sent the agreement to domestic procedures. There are several  inconsistencies between the ministries. In particular, the Ministry  of Finance of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Ministry of Trade  and Integration. Different visions on certain formulations>, the  deputy minister said. It is planned to solve these issues next week  during the meeting. And then in January next year, Kazakhstan will be  able to become an exporter of oil and oil products to Armenia.