Kazakhstan has transferred 5,000 tons of fuel oil to Tajikistan

Humanitarian aid worth nearly 2 million dollars has been delivered to Tajikistan.

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According to Kazakhstani press, on February 21, Kazakhstan sent 5,000 tons of fuel oil to Tajikistan as humanitarian aid.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs reported to journalists that the President of Kazakhstan, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, instructed to provide humanitarian aid to Tajikistan amounting to 860.8 million tenge (1.92 million dollars) for the stable operation of the country’s important energy facilities.

“The Ambassador of Kazakhstan to Tajikistan, Valikhan Turekhanov, handed over the certificate of official humanitarian aid from Kazakhstan for 5,000 tons of fuel oil to the director of the Agency for State Material Reserves under the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan, Nurmakhmad Akhmadzoda,” the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan reported.

Akhmadzada, in turn, expressed gratitude to the neighboring country for the provided humanitarian aid.

Although the authorities are receiving fuel oil from Kazakhstan for the “stable operation of important energy facilities,” at the same time, residents of the country complain about power outages during the cold winter period. However, responsible officials state that the country’s thermal power plants are not operating normally due to a lack of fuel, including gas and fuel oil.

Fuel oil is mainly used in the country’s thermal power plants.

The ministry emphasized that the humanitarian cargo is a contribution to ensuring energy security and a manifestation of brotherhood and mutual assistance that characterize the centuries-old relations between Kazakhstan and Tajikistan.

The total volume of humanitarian aid provided by Kazakhstan to Tajikistan in monetary terms has exceeded 44 million dollars since 2006.