Oil from Kazakhstan could strengthen Czechia's energy security, Fiala says

Oil from Kazakhstan could help ensure the energy security of the Czech Republic, which wants to gradually end its dependence on imports of the commodity from Russia. Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala said this in Astana after a meeting today with Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev and Prime Minister Alikhan Smailov. The Czech Republic could also import uranium from Kazakhstan in the future, he said.

„The key topic of my talks today was strengthening cooperation in the energy sector. Kazakhstan is one of our largest oil suppliers, which is important in the current energy situation,“ Prime Minister Fiala said at a press conference with Czech journalists in Astana.

„Oil from Kazakhstan has great potential for us in the future, as we are still roughly 50 percent dependent on Russian oil and need to reduce this dependence as quickly as possible,“ the Czech prime minister noted.

„It is also important that Kazakhstan has large uranium reserves, which we could use for our nuclear power plants,“ he added.