Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan may discuss oil pipeline construction

Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan may discuss construction of an oil pipeline during a meeting of the countries’ leaders, KyrTAG reported with reference to Kyrgyz Economy and Anti-Monopoly Minister Temir Sariyev on Monday.

He said the issue is very important and it should be discussed at the meeting, he said.

The issue of the pipeline construction was already discussed during Kyrgyz President Almazbek Atambayev’s last visit to Kazakhstan.

Sariyev said that Kyrgyzstan plans to finish the construction of the oil refinery with capacity of 800,000 tons in Kara-Balt by late 2012.