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EAEU states discussing project on energy corridor from Russia to Kyrgyzstan via Kazakhstan

Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Russia plan to form a common electricity market of the EAEU through integration of national power markets by January 1, 2025

MOSCOW, May 26. /TASS/. The Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) member states have started discussing the possibility of constructing an energy corridor (direct current transmission line) from Russia to Kyrgyzstan via Kazakh territory, Russian Energy Minister Nikolay Shulginov said at the Eurasian Economic Forum on Thursday.

"Another interesting project that we started discussing in Kyrgyzstan, submitted to the coordination council, is the construction of the (direct current) transmission line from Siberia to Kyrgyzstan via Kazakh territory," he said.

Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Russia plan to form a common electricity market of the Eurasian Economic Union through integration of national power markets by January 1, 2025. One of the conditions of such a process is the balance of economic interests of producers and consumers observed.

Each EAEU participant currently forms its energy balance independently, relying on its domestic needs. After moving to the common market, the systems will be able to operate complementing each other.