According to Belarus Ambassador to Kazakhstan, “the document is rather complicated: it has to be approved by the Russian side as oil will be shipped across Russia”.
Kazakhstan, Russian and Belarus railroads have signed an agreement on delineation of responsibilities for nonobservance of periods of temporary import of international transportation vehicles.
Vladimir Putin has stated that the EU has to consider the decision of Kazakhstan and Belarus to adopt the conditions of Russia’s entrance into WTO when deciding on these countries’ membership in the organization.