Kazakhstan may send thousands of peacekeepers to Gaza Strip
The US Permanent Representative to the UN has announced that several countries, including Kazakhstan, are ready to send peacekeepers to the Gaza Strip.
The US Permanent Representative to the UN has announced that several countries, including Kazakhstan, are ready to send peacekeepers to the Gaza Strip.
Kazakhstan’s Energy Ministry said the country’s Kondensat oil refinery will process Russian oil, with 70% of the resulting petroleum products to be shipped to Russia and the remaining 30% retained in Kazakhstan, Kazakh Energy Minister Yerlan Akkenzhenov said.
Kurultai elections were held in Kazakhstan over the weekend. According to the results, the Adilet party received approximately 70% of the vote.
Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated his Kazakh counterpart Kassym-Jomart Tokayev on the Adilet party's victory in the elections for the newly established unicameral parliament, the Kurultai.
Kazakhstan's Central Election Commission (CEC) has unveiled preliminary results from the previous day's parliamentary elections to the unicameral Kurultai, with the Adilet party taking a commanding lead, Secretary of Kazakhstan's CEC Shavkat Utemisov announced.
The Security Council Secretaries of the Organization of Turkic States are set to convene in Baku in mid‑September.
Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan have agreed on military cooperation activities for 2027 and discussed promising areas of defence partnership.
Oil transit from Kazakhstan through Georgia will increase fivefold in August, reaching 100,000 tonnes compared to 20,000 tonnes in July.
The Trans‑Caspian fibre‑optic communication line between Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan is set to begin operation in the fourth quarter of this year.
Energy supply in Kazakhstan's Unified Energy System (UES) has been restored after a technical disruption on August 14, UES operator KEGOC reported.
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan all reported blackouts on Friday, which Kazakhstan's energy ministry said had been caused by a "sudden change in the power flow" from the Central Asian grid.
Gevorg Papoyan and Aidarbek Saparov discussed the potential for increasing agricultural exports to Kazakhstan. Agreements were reached on exchanging experience and technologies.
Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan have been named as the largest foreign purchasers of grain from Russia's Saratov Region.
Armenian Economy Minister Gevorg Papoyan will take part in a meeting of the EAEU Agro‑Industrial Policy Council.
Despite challenges, the economies of the EAEU member states maintain their stability and potential for further growth and development, Kazakh Prime Minister Olzhas Bektenov said.
Russian citizens injured in the mountains of the Almaty region at an altitude of over 3,500 metres have been evacuated by helicopter.
Trade turnover between Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan rose by more than a third in the first five months of 2026, reaching $2.3 billion.
Kazakhstan has completed a key stage in the implementation of the Trans-Caspian fiber-optic communication line across the Caspian Sea, which will connect the digital infrastructure of Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan.
ATOR has described Kazakhstan's plans to introduce an entry fee as a potential obstacle to tourism development.
Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan discussed the development of the Middle Corridor, Azerbaijani Minister of Digital Development and Transport Rashad Nabiyev said.