Recently, some CIS countries reported that Kazakhstan seized 1,700 wagons of Russian coal, alluding to "a rift in the relations between the two countries." Kazakh officials immediately denied it, saying it was fake news.
On June 20, local time, the Press Office of the Transportation Committee of the Ministry of Industry and Infrastructure Development of Kazakhstan issued a statement to clarify, saying that the news was deliberately hyped false information aimed at undermining the good-neighborly partnership between Kazakhstan and Russia. Kazakhstan does not have 1,700 wagons loaded with Russian coal, and there are no coal-laden trains on Russian railways heading to Kazakhstan, and the import and export of the two countries is business as usual, the statement said.
It is worth noting that recent news about friction between Kazakhstan and Russia has appeared more frequently.
According to the Kazakhstan International News Agency on the 17th, Kazakh President Tokayev said in front of Putin during his attendance at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum on the same day that he would not recognize the independence of Luhansk and Donetsk.
According to Russia's "Kommersant" quoted sources on the 18th, in order to clear the mines and torpedoes left in the port during World War II that have not yet exploded, the Port of Novorossiysk on the Russian Black Sea coast closed two oil transport arms on the 20th, and the closure time may last until the end of the month. Although Kazakhstan said that Russia's move would not have a "substantial impact" on its oil exports. Russian experts also believe that even if the transmission line is completely shut down, it is not a big problem. However, the US media took the opportunity to fuel the waves, the US "Maritime Director" magazine on the 19th to russia's closure of the novorossiysk port oil supply arm and Kazakhstani President Tokayev's statement, and speculated that Russia has always cut off energy as a means of retaliation, this move does not rule out political considerations.
According to the Russian Satellite News Agency reported on the 21st, Kazakh President Tokayev said that he was happy to maintain close relations with Putin and believed that the Russian leader was a reliable ally of Kazakhstan. Tokayev said: "Putin did not express disappointment at his remarks during the St. Petersburg Economic Forum that did not recognize both Utopia and Eastern Europe, and the two sides had a very good meeting after the forum. Specific issues in bilateral relations between Kazakhstan and Russia were discussed.
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