As the National Bank Governor explained, the National Bank is to buy back the 10 per cent share from the European Bank of Reconstruction and Development (EBRD).
According to Ms. Altynai Ualieva, Director for the Company’s Astana Office, the raised funds [coupled with own funds and funds of the shareholders] could be used to finance purchasing of new vessels.
The Company owns too many strategic assets in Kazakhstan – gas and oil pipeline networks, stakes in oil refineries: Malik Salimgereev, Director for Oil and Gas Assets Management at Samruk-Kazyna.