“Just the other day, the President of Russia proposed to create a gas union between Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and Russia.

It will make it possible to use the energy potential of our countries more efficiently, ”RIA Novosti quotes him.

Earlier, the press secretary of the Kazakh leader Ruslan Zheldibai said that Putin and Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev discussed the creation of a "tripartite gas union" with Uzbekistan.

Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak said that the gas union of Russia, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan will expand export directions.

According to the press secretary of the Russian leader Dmitry Peskov, the idea of ​​creating a gas union between Russia, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan will still be formalized.