FACTBOX: What is known about situation with Kazakh oil transit via Druzhba pipeline

MOSCOW, April 22. /TASS/. Kazakhstan has received unofficial reports about the impossibility of transporting fuel via the Druzhba pipeline in May, Kazakh Energy Minister Yerlan Akkenzhenov told reporters.

TASS has compiled the main details about the situation.

- Kazakh Energy Minister Yerlan Akkenzhenov told reporters that the country received unofficial information about the impossibility of transporting fuel via the Druzhba pipeline in May.

- According to him, the Russian side, citing unofficial sources, "stated the lack of technical capability to transport Kazakh oil."

- Oil transit from Kazakhstan via the Druzhba pipeline will resume as soon as technical capability becomes available, Akkenzhenov said. He added that during the planned supply suspension, Kazakhstan is redirecting crude flows to other destinations, including the Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC).