Kazakhstan Energy Roundup - July 8, 2008

Caspian pipelines ease Russia’s grip
(Asia Times) - The overland oil pipeline that Kazakhstan intends to build from the Tengiz field, in the northwest of the country, to the port of Aqtau in the southwest could help the country shed its dependency on Russia’s export ways.

Medvedev talks pipelines in Central Asia
(St. Petersburg Times) - President Dmitry Medvedev wound up a three-state energy tour with talks in Kazakhstan on Saturday and Sunday to consolidate his country’s monopoly on transiting Central Asian gas.

Kazakhstan negotiates with Azerbaijan and Georgia new oil pipeline
(TREND) - Kazakhstan has began talks with Azerbaijan and Georgia on the construction of new oil pipeline from Baku to Batumi port of the Black Sea, Timur Kulibayev, chairman of KazEnergy Association said.

Medvedev, in energy diplomacy, moves early to consolidate ties with Kazakhstan

Russia and Kazakhstan remained divided on several important energy questions that could dominate the agenda of future meetings of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), but geography and economic interdependencies seem destined to keep the two countries close collaborators regardless of the leadership transition in the Kremlin.

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Dmitry Medvedev looks far beyond an energy alliance with Astana

Apparently, there was a great deal of political calculation aimed at sobering up adamant western leaders to the hard-line stance of the post-Putin Kremlin in Dmitry Medvedev’s first foreign trip to Astana as Russian President on May 22.

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Medvedev sends subtle signals to the West with Kazakhstan visit

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev made his first state visit on May 22 and 23, with Kazakhstan as his destination, before proceeding to China. Although he traveled east, his message seemed subtly calibrated for Western consumption.

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Medvedev holds Kazakhstan talks

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has held talks with the president of Kazakhstan, during the first stop on his maiden foreign trip.

Mr Medvedev met the president of the oil-rich Central Asian state, Nursultan Nazarbayev, in the capital, Astana.

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Medvedev heads to Kazakhstan to talk energy

Dmitry Medvedev will look to cement Russia’s close relationship with Kazakhstan during his first trip abroad as President, which starts on Thursday. Energy is expected to dominate talks between Medvedev and Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev.

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