For Kazakhstan, fundamental questions in the creation of the SES are equal opportunities for transit of goods - Mr. Massimov

/IRBIS, September 16, 2010/ - For Kazakhstan, the principal issue in the creation of the EEA (common economic space) are equal opportunities for transit of goods, said the Prime Minister of Kazakhstan Mr. Karim Masimov in an interview with the newspaper Kommersant. Kazakhstan's Prime Minister noted that the SES in terms of Kazakhstan's interests first and foremost, our companies must provide equal competitive opportunities. Thus, the issues that govern the competitive environment, Kazakhstan is ready to give a supranational space, including tariff. "For example, in Kazakhstan, a fundamental question - is an equal opportunity for transit of goods across all countries. We do not need more or less what someone else. We need the same conditions for Kazakh companies, which can carry the goods on the territory of the Russian Federation, as well as for Russian companies. Then finally the goods will be competitive. And just as the Russian company will be able in the same conditions to supply through Kazakhstan. For example, to sell to China, oil and gas or grain. Last year, when the grain was much our companies have been quite difficult to deliver it to the Russian ports. Here are all the conditions ideally are governed by supranational bodies, "- he said. He noted that the issues of transit of energy, too, will go to the supranational space. "Without addressing this issue makes no sense at all to create a Common Economic Space. What is the fundamental difference? In the space in which we live, we can appeal to the Russian Federation with a request to allocate a quota to us. And this is the goodwill of the Russian government - to allow or not allow, to quota or not to give. But when we are in the EEA, it will be no question of the Russian government or the Kazakh government. This will be engaged in a supranational authority, which must all create equal competitive conditions ", - said Mr. K. Massimov. [2010-09-16]