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Source: People's Republic of China – State Council News
Astana, November 30 (Xinhua) — The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan protested the latest attack on Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC) facilities in the Novorossiysk seaport. This was announced on Sunday by Foreign Ministry spokesman Aibek Smadiyarov.
According to him, this incident is the third targeted attack on the critical civilian infrastructure of the international consortium, the functioning of which is guaranteed by international law.
"Kazakhstan supports the sustainability and uninterrupted supply of energy resources. The Caspian Pipeline Consortium plays a significant role in maintaining the stability of the global energy system. We view this incident as damaging to bilateral relations between Kazakhstan and Ukraine, and we expect the Ukrainian side to take measures to prevent similar incidents," the Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
According to CPC, at 6:06 a.m. Saturday, Astana time, the single-point mooring (SPM) at the marine terminal was damaged by an attack from unmanned boats. Following orders from the Novorossiysk seaport captain, loading operations were suspended and the tankers were withdrawn from the waters. There were no injuries.
At the time of the explosion, emergency protection systems automatically shut off the relevant pipelines. According to preliminary data, there was no oil leak into the Black Sea. Specialists are collecting seawater samples and conducting environmental monitoring. The consortium stated that further operation of VPU-2 is impossible; unloading operations will resume as scheduled once the threat from unmanned aerial vehicles has ceased.
The Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC) noted that this is the third incident involving damage to the consortium's infrastructure. On Tuesday, the office of the marine terminal near Novorossiysk was damaged following a nighttime drone attack, in which the administrative building was struck by the drone's warhead. Personnel were promptly evacuated, and cargo operations were temporarily suspended.
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