Tokayev warns energy security faces threat of complete collapse

Kazakhstan's President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev warned that conflicts increasingly affect cross-border energy infrastructure and that instability in global markets could slow economic growth even in countries far from fighting. Speaking at the 7th CICA summit in Baku, he said energy security is currently under threat of complete destruction.

Tokayev noted that Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan and Uzbekistan signed a strategic partnership agreement on green energy supplies, which laid the groundwork for the Caspian Green Energy Corridor. The project aims to link the three countries' power systems and later connect them with European markets via the Black Sea. “That is why Kazakhstan is betting on partnership,” he said.

At the summit, Tokayev also backed the reconciliation process between Azerbaijan and Armenia. He proposed jointly developing a CICA transport connectivity strategy covering the Belt and Road Initiative, the North-South corridor, the Middle Corridor and the TRIPP initiative. He also proposed adding artificial intelligence as a sixth area of CICA's work, saying AI must remain under effective human control.