TOTAL EXTERNAL DEBTS OF TAJIKISTAN EXCEEDED 26% TO GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT

           Dushanbe, January, 29th. (Pokiza Makhmadbekova, Olga Saprykina, the NIAT "Khovar"). — For January, 1st 2009 total external debts of the Republic of Tajikistan made 1 billion 371,4 million US dollars that makes 26,7% to gross domestic product. Though in the financial year the volume of external debts increased by 246,7 million US dollars, however, in relation to gross national product decreased by 3,4% and holds steadily at this level. The deputy minister of finance of the republic Dzhamoliddin Nuraliev declared about it at the final press conference.            Also it has been noticed that in 2008 307 million somoni were allocated to serve country's external debt, 250 million of which made repayment of the basic debt.