Uzbekistan Cuts Gas Supplies To Tajikistan
July 20, 2006
July 20, 2006 -- Uzbekistan has cut supplies of natural to the Tajik capital, Dushanbe, and to several major factories in the country.
The move prompted Tajikistan to block the transit of Uzbek gas across its territory to eastern Uzbekistan. The Uzbek state gas company Uztransgaz says supplies were stopped after "repeated warnings" over Tajikistan's $7.3 million gas debt.
Officials at the state gas company Tajikgaz say that the debt is substantially lower, at $3 million on June 1.
(AP)