
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz announced the country's interest in discussing oil supplies from Kazakhstan as a replacement for Russian oil during the visit of Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev to Germany, emphasizing the goal of diversifying energy supply sources.
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Germany is seeking to diversify its energy supplies following a decline in oil supplies from Russia.
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Germany is interested in discussing oil supplies from Kazakhstan to replace oil from Russia.
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz emphasized that Germany intends to diversify its sources of energy supplies.
President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev is on an official visit to Germany and held talks with German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier.
BERLIN, September 29 - RIA Novosti. Germany is interested in discussing oil supplies from Kazakhstan to replace the oil that was previously imported from Russia, said German Chancellor Friedrich Merz.
“We also want to continue discussing energy supply issues, since we are very interested, in particular, in the supply of oil from Kazakhstan to replace the oil that we no longer receive from Russia,” Merz said at a joint press conference with Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, broadcast on the website of the German Cabinet of Ministers.
The Chancellor emphasized that Germany thus intends to diversify sources of energy supplies, and called Kazakhstan an important element in the implementation of this strategy.
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