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Uzbekistan rejected Proposals Vladimir Putin to create a “tripartite gas union”, according to Reuters. Uzbekistan's Deputy Prime Minister and Energy Minister Zhorabek Mirzamakhmudov noted that even if a bilateral agreement is reached, “it does not mean an alliance.”
Mirzamakhmudov emphasized that negotiations between Russia and Uzbekistan were underway on supplies. of Russian fuel through Kazakh territory, but only a “technical contract” was discussed, and he also added that Tashkent would never agree to “political conditions in exchange for gas”,
During a meeting in Moscow on November 28, the presidents of Russia discussed and Kazakhstan on the creation of a “tripartite gas union”, which will be able to coordinate actions on the territory of the countries during the transportation of Russian gas.