Kazakh ministry refutes blocking of wagons with coal from Russia

The government of Kazakhstan has denied the information that 1,700 railway wagons with Russian coal were allegedly blocked in the country, Report informs.

The Transport Committee of the Ministry of Industry and Infrastructure Development of Kazakhstan has officially stated that “these reports are fake.”

“In fact, there are no 1,700 wagons with Russian coal on the territory of Kazakhstan. There are no wagons with coal on the tracks of Russian Railways heading to/from Kazakhstan, either,” the committee noted.

“We are working with Russian Railways as usual, there are no delays in exports and imports,” said Satzhan Ozbekov, head of the Department of Railway Infrastructure and Freight Transportation of the Transport Committee of the Ministry of Industry and Infrastructure Development of Kazakhstan.

The Ministry of Industry and Infrastructure Development of Kazakhstan regards the dissemination of such fake information as aimed at discrediting good-neighborly partnerships between the two countries.

The ministry also warned about liability for the dissemination of deliberately false information, provided for by both Kazakh and Russian legislation.

Report previously informed citing foreign media that the Kazakh authorities blocked 1,700 wagons with Russian coal on their territory in response to restrictions on the shipment of oil from Kazakhstan through the port in Novorossiysk.