NOVO-OGAREVO, October 7 Russian President Vladimir Putin, speaking about the new trilateral project, said that Uzbekistan will receive an additional source of energy supply, Kazakhstan will resolve the issue of gasification of the north and east of the country, and Russia will confirm its status as a reliable gas supplier.
«The implementation of this project will have obvious benefits for all three states. Uzbekistan will receive additional a source of energy supply that allows us to guarantee an uninterrupted supply of heat and electricity to households and socially significant facilities. Kazakhstan will be able to solve the issue of gasification of its northern and eastern regions,» Putin said at the ceremony of the start of Russian gas supplies to Uzbekistan through the territory of Kazakhstan.
«Gazprom» is already working on the appropriate routes and parameters for gas supply, he added.
«Russia confirms its status reliable supplier of natural gas,» said the President of the Russian Federation.