Afghanistan appealed to Central Asian countries with a request not to cut off electricity for debts
Afghan energy corporation DABS sent letters to Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Iran promising to repay the debt and asking them not to turn off the electricity.
Afghanistan's debt to neighboring countries for electricity is about $ 62 million, TOLO News reported on Monday, citing a statement from the Afghan energy corporation DABS.
According to the channel, the corporation sent letters to neighboring electricity-exporting countries - Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Iran - promising to pay off the debt and asking them not to turn off the electricity due to the accumulation of debts.
DABS is said to have also appealed to the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan to help pay off the debt. It is noted that in case of refusal to help the company will have to "put pressure on those Afghans who have not paid their bills, even if they cannot afford it." According to reports, Afghanistan pays about $ 25 million monthly for imported electricity. On August 26, the Foreign Ministry of Turkmenistan reported that the country continues to supply electricity to neighboring Afghanistan in accordance with existing contracts.
Turkmen electricity is supplied to Afghanistan in several directions, which makes it possible to provide electricity to almost all northern provinces of Afghanistan, the western and northwestern regions of the country, including the provinces of Herat, Badgis, Jouzjan, Balkh, Faryab, as well as the cities of Mazar-i-Sharif, Shibergan, Herat and other. Currently, the implementation of the project for the construction of a 500 kV high-voltage power transmission line along the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan route is in the active phase. "Turkmenistan, as before, will provide Afghanistan with comprehensive economic support and humanitarian assistance," President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov said in his video message to the participants of the 76th session of the UN General Assembly in September 2021.
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