Kazakhstan has expressed its protest against “a deliberate attack” on the critical infrastructure of the international Caspian Pipeline Consortium in the waters of Russia’s port city of Novorossiysk, the country’s Foreign Ministry said on Sunday.
“We emphasize that the Caspian Pipeline Consortium plays an important role in supporting the stability of the global energy system,” the ministry said in a statement. “We view what has occurred as an action harming the bilateral relations between the Republic of Kazakhstan and Ukraine, and we expect the Ukrainian side to take effective measures to prevent similar incidents in the future.”
The marine infrastructure facilities of the Caspian Pipeline Consortium near Novorossiysk were attacked by unmanned surface vessels on Saturday morning, causing significant damage to a single-point mooring unit, which has been taken offline until repair and restoration works are completed.
The consortium’s 1,511-km pipeline connects oil fields in western Kazakhstan and Russian offshore fields in the Caspian Sea to a marine terminal in Novorossiysk, serving as the main export route for Kazakh oil. Enditem
Source: Xinhua
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