31.01.19.

Tajikistan will increase the amount of natural gas imported from Uzbekistan by four times this year.

Deputy General Manager of "Tajiktransgaz" Shavkat Shaimzade told reporters that his country bought 54 million cubic meters of natural gas from Uzbekistan last year and this amount will be increased by 4 times this year.

He said Tajikistan plans to purchase about 200 million cubic meters of gas from Uzbekistan in 2019.

 Shaimzade expressed that this year, regarding the talks between the parties about the purchase of natural gas of Uzbekistan there will be agreement signed soon.

The Tajik authorities had previously paid 120 dollars to a thousand cubic meters of Uzbek natural gas.

After the normalization period after the cold relations between the two countries, after a period of 9 years, Tajikistan began to export electricity back to Uzbekistan and to supply natural gas to Tajikistan in Uzbekistan.

While 60 billion cubic meters of natural gas is produced annually in Uzbekistan, a significant portion of it is consumed within the country, and 10-12 billion cubic meters of natural gas is exported to China, Russia and other countries.

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