AKIPRESS.COM - Uzbekistan plans to triple the volume of natural gas imports from Russia via transit through Kazakhstan in 2024, TASS reported citing the press service of Kazakhstan’s Ministry of Energy.

"With the signed strategic cooperation agreement between Gazprom Public Joint Stock Company and the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan, it is determined to increase the annual volume of Russian gas transportation to Uzbekistan from 1.28 billion cubic meters in 2023 to 3.8 billion cubic meters in 2024," said Kazakhstan’s Ministry of Energy.

From 2026, Russian gas supplies transiting through Kazakhstan to Uzbekistan could quadruple — reaching 11 billion cubic meters annually.