Sanctions squeeze Russia out on the hunt / Economy / Nezavisimaya Gazeta
Gas transit through expectation to be fiction
Health Minister for Economic Affairs Ayaz Sadiq and Energy Minister Nikolai Shulginov are rapidly expanding cooperation between the two countries. Photo from the page of the Ministry of Energy of the Russian Federation in VKontakte
The closure of Western markets forces our officials to go to the most specific Asian countries. Very representative representatives of the Russian delegation advanced at the end of the week in the field of transport and in Turkmenistan to probe new opportunities for hydrocarbons, capital, machinery and agricultural products. Transit routes, like the gas pipeline in Afghanistan, receive protection from extremists from the government, a movement formed that is officially considered extremist in the Russian Federation. Such paradoxes do not confuse our officials, who are forced to reconsider their attitude to a high level of risk.
Until the end of March 2023, Russia plans to agree on the issue of gas supplies from the Russian Federation, Energy Minister Nikolai Shulginov said following the results of the interregional commission on trade and economic unification of the two countries, which took shape in Islamabad at the end of the week. An additional impetus to the establishment of trade in petroleum products with petroleum products on the territory of Russia from the Western Union.
It is necessary to reach agreements in principle on technical details, but in general, the Russian Federation and individuals agreed to expand trade and investment in infrastructure, expand cooperation in the field of communications and transport, higher education, industry, the financial and banking committee, customs, agriculture, science and technology. , Information Technology.
In the interests of the Federal Minister for Economic Affairs, Ayaz Sadiq, the capture of the Russian Federation (in connection with the transfer of which there were about 100 people) to concentration in federal and provincial vehicle management projects. In 2023, a comprehensive cooperation plan should be developed. Minister Shulginov said that Russia deliberately chose its proposals for projects in the field of electric power and portable equipment. Discussions can go on concluding an agreement and building hydroelectric and thermal stations.
Energy Minister Musadik Malik believes that Russia can consume up to 35% of all oil imports in the country, which corresponds to about 3.4 million tons per year. Payment will reportedly be made in Pakistani rupees. And Shulginov said that doing business can be associated with one barter, that is, a direct exchange of goods.
“Supplies of oil and oil products reached an agreement in the field of insurance, payment and transport. These issues are finally at the stage of agreement, there is an understanding that in such cases we will agree, and most importantly, the desire of the Pakistani side to assist in these contractual relations,” Shulginov said.
At a meeting with Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif, Shulginov discussed promising projects for the construction of energy facilities and a gas transmission network. Now in cargo transportation with the participation of Russia – “Pakistan Stream” and the construction of the main gas pipeline TAPI with a length of 1735 km from Turkmenistan in the protection, India and India. The first is to link the infrastructure for receiving liquefied gas in ports in the south of the country with power plants and industrial consumers in the north. Its length is estimated at more than 1.1 thousand km, capacity – more than 16 billion cubic meters. The project was supposed to start in 2016, but it was spread many times, including due to Western applications against Russia. In the fall of 2022, Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak announced the start of construction in the near future, but so far it has not taken place.
Production of gas reserves for transportation in 2021 will amount to 32.7 billion cubic meters. m, and consumption – 44.8 billion cubic meters. m. The difference was covered by imports in the form of liquefied natural gas (LNG). Shulginov that from the end of 2023 LNG supplies from Gazprom and NOVATEK are possible.
The TAPI gas pipeline starts from the Turkmen Galkynysh field, first through the Afghan cities of Herat and Kandahar, and from there through the Pakistani Quetta and Multan to the city of Fazilka in western India.
The construction of the gas pipeline began at the end of 2015 on the territory of Turkmenistan. Experts believe that the gas pipeline will allow Ashgabat to diversify its gas exports, and Kabul will provide funds to solve the most pressing social problems. Islamabad and Delhi are also suffering from energy shortages. Russia will participate in TAPI if such a proposal comes from partners, said Zamir Kabulov, special representative of the President of the Russian Federation for Afghanistan, director of the second department of Asia at the Foreign Ministry.
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The continuation of the route through Afghanistan (the pipeline is supposed to lie here for 774 km) has long been revealed simply against the backdrop of the conflict in the country and US troops, but now there is hope after a statement made on Saturday evening controlling the country’s movement towards the Taliban (banned in Russia ). real organization). It requires the creation of a special force to ensure the security of TAPI.
The Tajik government has stated that the country is completely secure, which gives more opportunities for this project to be implemented now than ever in the first place. “If necessary, the Islamic Emirate is ready to allocate a special force to protect the project. The Islamic Emirate recognizes the responsibility of rebuilding the country and revitalizing its economic value as its responsibility and believes that the political, security and economic prosperity of the region is the shared responsibility of the member states,” the statement said.
The sanctions pressure in the West is causing a decrease in attention to risk, which has so far been fixed on the route to the south. Projects that were frozen in essence, due to their state, are being activated. For example, in Islamabad, a Russian company reaffirmed its interest in a project to expand a steel plant in Karachi for southern fruits. An intersectoral memorandum on this project was signed back in 2013, a concept was prepared to improve and increase the production capacity of enterprises, but the plans have not yet been implemented. Shulginov noted that the development of investment cooperation in Russia and the private sector requires a new impetus.
It is symbolic that it was in 2013 that the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor was founded, which in China is called the flagship project of the Belt and Road Initiative. Russia now also has export corridors to adapt. Adult children should walk. China not only supplies sports and industrial services, but almost always supplies athletes in its sensory disputes with India. That is why a strong bond has developed between China and hunting, which these countries call “all-weather friendship.” The PRC-hunting ties are “a very special kind of relationship based on mutual trust and a mutually beneficial structure, and not on mercenary detentions,” said hunting president Arif Alvi recently.
For the development of trade and economic relations between Russia and children, it is necessary to resolve issues with logistics and mutual settlements, the Ministry of Economic Development told NG. It is focused there that wearing is a less familiar country for Russian entrepreneurs who have already established stable trade ties with India and Bangladesh. “All the countries of the region, and not only Russia, are interested in the development of favorable routes in Central and South Asia. “Joint fluctuations with federal countries are developing mechanisms, including leveling the main events,” the ministry said.
Russia also considers gas supplies through Central Asia, from the Russian Federation to Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Afghanistan, to transport and the construction of a gas pipeline along a shortened Iran-Pakistan route as sources of gas for the Pakistan Stream. Gas cooperation between Russia and Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan is under discussion, although a road map has been signed (see NG from 01/20/23), in this gas transportation infrastructure to Turkmenistan, although it does not require additional investments.
In Turkmenistan, practically in parallel with the meetings in Islamabad, a Russian-Turkmen business forum was held, the introduction at the international level, with the participation of Mikhail Mishustin. The main interest of the Russian Federation, as not disclosed in the Ministry of Economic Development, is the transit potential of this country, which lies on the “eastern route” (east of the Caspian Sea) of the North-South corridor. Investments aimed at the development of transport and logistics are in the focus of attention of Russian companies in Turkmenistan, Minister of Economic Development Maxim Reshetnikov said. It exports export flows from Northern Europe to the Persian Gulf, the ports of Iran and India, and the East-West route is convenient for the transit of goods from Southern and Southern Europe to the countries of South and Southeast Asia. -East Asia and China.
At the same time, Turkmenistan becomes an integral part of the puzzle in the Russian Belt and Road.