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Kazakhstan, CA countries to sign memorandum on harmonization of relations in deliveries of gas

Kazakhstan and other Central Asia countries along with the European Union plan signing the memorandum on harmonization of relations in the sphere of deliveries of gas. Director of the project of harmonization of standards and the accepted rules in gas sector in Central Asia, Azfar Shaukat, informed, the agency reports.

Astana. May 8. Kazakhstan Today - Kazakhstan and other Central Asia countries along with the European Union plan signing the memorandum on harmonization of relations in the sphere of deliveries of gas. Director of the project of harmonization of standards and the accepted rules in gas sector in Central Asia, Azfar Shaukat, informed, the agency reports.

The final conference of the project will be in the autumn in Brussels.

According to the chairman of the project, harmonization of gas sphere will lead the countries to a consensus, "as they will work or apply the same standards in their work."

The European Union is interested, first, in uninterrupted delivery of gas to Europe, and, second, unification of standards in accordance with the world and European standards.

The project is being realized by Mott MacDonald Ltd with the legal firm KLC and Eurasian Consulting SA within the limits of the program INOGATE and is financed by the European Union for the sum of 1 million 356 thousand euro.

The representatives of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan are the participants of the memorandum. Tajikistan took part as an observer.

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