Kazakhstan supports the establishment of grain hub with Russia

Almaty. November 17. Silkroadnews - Kazakhstan supports the idea of creating a hub of grain with Russia, reports KazTAG referring to the Minister of Agriculture Asylzhan Mamytbekov.
"We believe that it is possible and perhaps even useful, given the fact that so many Russian regions carry grain from the south of Russia, Krasnodar, Stavropol and carrying out large transport costs", - said A. Mamytbekov at the governmental hour in the Majilis on Monday.
"We could do this on the basis of the swap transaction. Moscow, St. Petersburg market is approximately equal to the Kazakh market consumption. We could give them grain to Moscow and take Russian grain near the Black Sea. Thus, we could optimize the shipping costs. Such a proposal we made to the Ministry of Agriculture of Russia, it is viewed . In principle, we support ", - he added.