The European Parliament is interested in deepening the energy partnership with Kazakhstan

Brussels, 28 April 2022 – Mr. Timur Sultangozhin, Deputy Head of the Mission of Kazakhstan to the European Union, delivered a special statement at the European Parliament’s round table titled ‘Energy Security in Turbulent Times: Multilateral Diplomacy to Ensure the European Energy Transition’.

The event was held on the initiative of the Chair of the European Parliament’s Delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee - Chair of the Kazakhstan-EU Friendship Group in the European Parliament Mr. Ryszard Czarnecki (Poland, European Conservatives, and Reformists).

The forum was attended by the former President of Romania - Vice-Chair of the EP Delegation to the EU-Ukraine Parliamentary Association Committee Mr. Traian Băsescu (European People’s Party), Chair of the EP Delegation for Cooperation with Central Asia and Mongolia Mr. Fulvio Martusciello (Italy, European People’s Party), political advisers to the main party groups, leading European researchers in the field of energy security, mass media, as well as representatives of the diplomatic corps.

During the event, a wide exchange of views took place regarding the current state and development of the international energy market, pipeline corridors, as well as the prospects for multilateral energy cooperation between the countries of Europe, the Caucasus, and Central Asia.

On his part, Mr. Sultangozhin informed the participants and guests of the forum about the key areas of trade, economic, and energy cooperation between Kazakhstan and the European Union. Of particular interest were the efforts of the Kazakh authorities to modernize the Kazakh energy sector and its infrastructure.

Mr. Sultangozhin called on European institutions and companies to actively use the potential of the Kazakhstan-EU Enhanced Partnership and Cooperation Agreement to search for new promising areas of bilateral cooperation, including the exchange of best practices and transfer technologies in the field of renewable energy sources and hydrogen.

In addition, the members of the European Parliament, Mr. Czarnecki, and Mr. Martusciello, highly appreciated the efforts of President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev to achieve carbon neutrality by 2060 and called on their colleagues to promote the strengthening of a mutually beneficial energy dialogue between Kazakhstan and the EU.

Against this background, they positively perceived the results of the visit of the EP delegation to Nur-Sultan and Almaty to participate in the 19th meeting of the Kazakhstan-EU Parliamentary Cooperation Committee, which was held on April 12, 2022.