Kazakhstan's national gas company Qazaq Gaz suggested that Gazprom consider the possibility of creating a new gas transit pipeline along the route from Russia to China, which could also be used in the gasification of the east of the country. Gasification of the north and east of Kazakhstan with its own gas resources in the short term is not possible, so it is necessary to import Russian gas, said Arman Kasenov, deputy chairman of Qazaq Gaz.