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Azerbaijani Consulate General in Aktau: Unrests in Kazakhstan will not impact on the transportation of grain to Azerbaijan

19 December 2011 09:18 (UTC +04:00)

Baku. Viktoria Dementyeva â€“ APA. Azerbaijani Consulate General in Aktau is constantly contacting with the Azerbaijanis living in Zhanaozen, Consul Elkhan Zeynalov told APA.

He said no Azerbaijani was injured in the unrests.
â€œThe situation in Zhanaozen is stable. But there is food shortage in the city due to the state of emergency. In connection with it, two families decided to temporarily move their relativesâ€™ house in Aktau. The representatives of the Consulate and Diaspora helped them,â€ he said.

â€œWe continue keeping the situation under control, constantly contact with our citizens, give them all necessary phone numbers to contact with the Consulate in case of emergency.â€

15 000 Azerbaijanis live in Mangystau province of Kazakhstan. 1700 of them have permanent registration, 2000 temporary registration. 50 Azerbaijanis live in Zhanaozen, where mass unrests happened.

To the question â€œCan the happenings in Zhanaozen impact on the transportation of grain from Kazakhstan to Azerbaijan?â€ Elkhan Zeynalov said it is impossible.
â€œThe grain is transported from Atyrau, the city, which is situated far from Zhanaozen,â€ he said.