/IRBIS, April 12, 00/ - PRAIM TASS has been told in the Transneft' that the Company has signed the protocol with Kazakhstan about use oil pipeline around Chechnia for the Kazakh petroleum transit.

The protocol was signed during visit of the Russian delegation including the deputy minister of fuel and power and the president of Transneft' in Kazakhstan. During visit they have meet with the prime minister of Kazakhstan, minister of power and trade, and also with head of Kazakhoil.

The concrete volumes of the Kazakh petroleum will be agreed later. The pipeline will put into exploitation in the beginning of May. It is supposed, that the petroleum from Kazakhstan can be delivered to the port of Makhachkala amd pipeline by tankers and rail.

Similar negotiations Transneft' will held with Turkmenistan.