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Riga: Kazakhstan wants to enter the European market trough Latvia (Photo: European Commission)

Kazakhstan wants to enter European oil market

Kazakhstan president Nursultan Nazarbayev has said that his country is interested in buying shares in a Latvian oil terminal in order to enter the European market.

Mr Nazarbayev made the declaration on Tuesday (18 July) in a meeting with the Latvian president Vaira Vike-Freiberga.

"We want to enter the European market through Latvia," the Kazakh president said, according to AFP.

The Latvian state plans to sell its 38.62 percent stake in Ventspils Nafta, the biggest oil tr...

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Riga: Kazakhstan wants to enter the European market trough Latvia (Photo: European Commission)

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