Azerbaijan, Baku, May 8 / Trend A.Badalova /
JSC "KazTransGas" demands Kyrgyzgaz to pay off its debt at $31.2 million, KyrTAG reported with the reference to Director General of Kazakh National gas transporting company Nurbol Sultan on Tuesday.
"KazTransGas demanded to pay off debt until May 1, 2012. At present, the debt amounts to $31.2 million," Sultan said answering KyrTAG's questions in its blog on the company's official website.
According to Sultan, last week the company received a letter from Kyrgyzgaz with the promises to pay the most part of the debt until May 25.
Meanwhile, unsanctioned pumping out of gas is underway.
"Given the experience of our relations, we proposed an alternative way of repayment through price of selling gas," he said.
That means the possibility of gas price increase for Kyrgyzstan. The amount of extra pay will directly depend on the amount of repayment during 5-7 years.
Sultan said that there is still no answer from Kyrgyzgaz regarding this proposal.
According to KazTranGas, Kyrgyzstan's debt for gas to KazTranGas amounted to $7.6 million as of April 23. Moreover, Kyrgyzgas should repay $27.3 million to Kazakhstan for gas transportation, investments and non-contractual gas consumption.
According to local media, further agreements on gas supplies to Kyrgyzstan with the Kazakh side will be discussed during Kazakh President Almazbek Atambayev's working visit to Kazakhstan.