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UZBEKISTAN REDUCES GAS SUPPLIES TO TAJIKISTAN OVER DEBT
TASHKENT, Apr 03, 2009 (AsiaPulse via COMTEX) --
Uzbekistan has reduced
natural gas supplies to Tajikistan over outstanding debts, the
Tojiktransgaz open joint-stock company has told Avesta.
Currently, 16,000 cubic meters of natural gas is being
imported from Uzbekistan per hour, the source said.
"The figure before the reduction of natural gas supplies by
the Uzbek side was 25,000 cubic meters per hour," the source
said, and added that the reason behind cutting gas supplies was
Tojiktransgaz's US$16 million debt to the Uzbek company
Uztransgaz.
According to the source, huge debts of domestic consumers
made it impossible to pay in a timely manner for gas supplied
by the Uzbek side.
"Due to the reduction of gas imports, Tojiktransgaz
suspended gas supplies to people and gas filling stations
except two filling stations in Dushanbe," the source said.
(UzReport)
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