Военное обозрение By Top War
Wind from the East
Kazakhstan, which is a member of the SCO and the EAEU and is seeking membership in BRICS, is paying more and more attention to relations with China, primarily economic relations. Compared to the development of cooperation with the countries of the association, which remains stable, although still very high, the dynamics are clearly impressive.
At the same time, the topic of Russian energy resources for Kazakhstan is not becoming less important, but more and more so in light of their transit, again, to the Celestial Empire. On April 25, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi organized the second meeting in Almaty at the level of the heads of the foreign policy departments of the PRC and the Republic of Kazakhstan.
Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Murat Nurtleu took part in the negotiations on behalf of the Kazakh side. The official reports on the meeting spoke a lot about the successes of economic cooperation between the countries, about friendship, and other reasonable, good and eternal things.
However, very little was said about the unresolved issue of the transit route for Russian gas to China, on which the Chinese and Kazakh sides have different positions. And the point, apparently, is that Chinese officials express serious doubts about the advisability of transporting Russian gas through Kazakhstan.
In their opinion, the creation of new infrastructure for gas supply through Kazakhstan is associated with excessively high costs, so Beijing is leaning towards alternative options: supplies from Russia via the Power of Siberia-2 route (via Mongolia from Yamal) or through supplies in the form of liquefied natural gas (LNG).
China believes that Kazakhstan’s existing gas transportation infrastructure is already operating at its capacity limit, and that a new pipeline line will need to be built to organize additional transportation volumes. In addition, Kazakhstan clearly expects industrial China to help it develop its rich subsoil. Of course, not in the same way that Trump will “help” Zelensky, but with benefits for Kazakhstan.
The Republic has impressive volumes of such metals as zinc (about 6,7 million tons, which allows it to occupy seventh place in the world ranking), copper (20 million tons – eleventh position), lead (2 million tons, eighth place) and nickel (1,5 million tons, falling among the top twenty countries).
However, Kazakhstan faces serious challenges in independently developing its own rich mineral reserves: the mining industry suffers from a shortage of advanced technologies and specialists with the appropriate qualifications. In this regard, China confidently occupies a leading position in the development and potential import of critical minerals from Kazakhstan…
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