From: Vladic Ravich (vravich@sorosny.org)
Date: Mon Nov 08 2004 - 11:34:50 EST
KYRGYZ-KAZAKH JOINT VENTURE TO TAKE OVER PIPELINE
Representatives of KyrKazGaz, a Kyrgyz-Kazakh joint venture, and Kyrgyz
gas company Kyrgyzgaz signed an agreement on 5 November in Bishkek for
KyrKazGaz to manage the Kyrgyz section of the Tashkent-Bishkek-Almaty
gas pipeline, RFE/RL's Kyrgyz Service reported on 5 November. Kyrgyz
Television reported that experts believe the joint venture will serve to
ensure regular natural gas shipments to Kyrgyzstan and southern
Kazakhstan. The agreement also provides for Kazakhstan to invest $17
million into Kyrgyzstan's gas transport system up through 2008.
KyrKazGas was created in March on the basis of a 2003 agreement between
Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbaev and Kyrgyz President Askar Akaev.
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