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Serbia expects gas supplies LRT, reported on February 3. In turn, Uzbekistan, which produces
On January 23, the Kaunas Regional
much electricity at gas-fired power
from Azerbaijan in early 2024 Court ruled that the legal assistance plants, suspended electricity provision to
Afghanistan, where more than 150 people
provided to the Russian company during
Belgrade expects to start purchasing the proceedings would harm Lithuania's left without heating died in acute sub-zero
Azerbaijani gas in early 2024, according security and sovereignty. The court pointed temperatures.
to Serbian Mining and Energy Minister out that Rosneft is directly controlled by Turkmen President Serdar
Dubravka Đedović. the Russian government and in the context Berdimuhamedov reportedly signed a
“Serbia became more involved in the of the war in Ukraine assistance to Russia degree on "further strengthening good-
Southern Gas Corridor project at a later would run counter to the European Union neighbourly relations of friendship and
stage, but we are rapidly working on and Lithuania's values. brotherhood" between his country and
becoming part of this route. This will allow "In the context of Russia's war against Uzbekistan and "providing friendly and
us to diversify our sources of gas supplies Ukraine, any assistance to the state waging fraternal support to Uzbekistan".
and ensure their greater security,” Đedović the war would also run counter to the The decree text added: "The State
said in Baku at the ninth ministerial fundamental principles of EU law Lithuania Concern Turkmengaz has been instructed
meeting of the Advisory Council on the accepted as part of its EU membership, and, to transfer a corresponding volume of
Southern Gas Corridor (SGC). therefore, the applicant cannot be granted liquefied gas to the Republic of Uzbekistan
According to her in the autum of 2023, legal aid in the case at hand," the court free of charge as friendly and fraternal
the construction of the Bulgaria-Serbia stated. assistance" . The exact volume of gas was
gas interconnector will be completed. Rosneft had asked the court to annul not specified.
“We expect the first gas supplies (from the sale and purchase agreements signed In December Turkmenenergo
Azerbaijan) at the beginning of 2024, which in 2019 between Mogita and two natural increased electricity exports to Uzbekistan.
also depends on the speed of commercial persons regarding a warehouse in Kaunas Additionally, some Turkmen gas received by
negotiations of all interested parties. We and a land plot in Vilnius District as Uzbek thermal power plants was redirected
hope for the maximum effectiveness of the it sought to this way recover a debt of to Kyrgyzstan. The Uzbek energy ministry
negotiations so that gas from Azerbaijan €190,000 from Mogita, LRT.lt said. explained that this enabled the Kyrgyz to
can be delivered to Serbia as soon as However, Mogita's representatives limit water discharges from its Toktogul
possible,” she added. asked the court to drop the case because reservoir for hydroelectricity production.
Đedović said that in Baku she plans Rosneft's CEO Igor Sechin is under the The water level of the reservoir has dropped
to hold talks with representatives of existing EU sanctions, and legal assistance considerably in recent years hit by drought.
Azerbaijan on the volume of gas supplies to the Russian group could pose a threat to Bishkek makes efforts aimed at boosting its
and price, as well as on receiving electricity Lithuania's sovereignty and security. water resources whenever possible.
from Azerbaijan. Earlier it was reported that In its lawsuit, Rosneft claimed that the On January 21, the day that the pumping
Serbia plans to cover up to 40% of its gas company that sold the real estate owes of Turkmen gas to Uzbekistan resumed,
needs through supplies from Azerbaijan. it RUB6.9mn under the ruling of the Uzbekistan received 4.8mn cubic metres of
International Commercial Arbitration gas from Turkmenistan. In following days,
Court at the Chamber of Commerce and the volume was brought back up to the
Azerbaijan boosts gas exports to Industry of the Russian Federation, which levels recorded in early January.
has been recognised and is being enforced
Bulgaria by 210% in Lithuania.
In September, the Lithuanian Court
In 2022, Azerbaijan supplied 600 mcm of of Appeal ruled that Mogita must pay the Kazakh and Russia firms eye
natural gas to Bulgaria, according to Parviz Russian company €183,000 in debt and pipeline construction to supply
Shahbazov, the Azerbaijani energy minister. €6,600 in legal costs, LRT.lt said.
He held a meeting in Baku with Bulgarian gas to China
Energy Minister Rosen Hristov to talk
about expanding gas supplies through the Uzbekistan to receive free Kazakh and Russian firms are looking into
IGB interconnector and other routes. constructing a pipeline that would supply
The amount of gas exported to Bulgaria liquefied gas batch from gas to northeastern Kazakhstan as well as
in 2022 was 210% higher compared to the export fuel to China, Energy Minister Bolat
280 mcm exported in 2021. Turkmenistan Akchulakov said on February 2.
The two sides were considering a pipeline
Turkmenistan intends to deliver a free batch that would transport natural gas from
Lithuanian court dismisses of liquefied gas to Uzbekistan, Turkmen Russia’s Omsk and Barnaul cities to the
state news outlet Golden Age has reported.
Kazakh town of Alashankou.
Rosneft's lawsuit due to gas provision to its neighbour for nine days, supplied to the Kazakh city of Pavlodar,
From Alashankou, the gas could be
On January 12, Turkmenistan, cut off
national security concerns arguing that hydrates, which formed amid while a separate branch of the pipeline
would connect to China.
some of the coldest weather the region
A Lithuanian court won’t deliberate a case had experienced for 50 years, disrupted Russia has been reorienting some of its
in which Russian oil group Rosneft sought operations at its Galkynysh gas field, gas exports towards China amid Western
restitution for real estate transactions of producing a force majeure situation. The sanctions over Moscow’s invasion of
Mogita, a Kaunas-based oil wholesaler suspension of deliveries was a factor in Ukraine. ™
undergoing bankruptcy proceedings, LRT.lt, major heating and electricity shortages and
the website of Lithuanian public broadcaster consequent outages suffered by Uzbekistan.

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