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Kyrgyztsan: Kyrgyz Authorities Cut Off Tajikistan

Monday, February 18th, 2008 @ 06:16 UTC

by Adil Nurmakov

Countries:: Kyrgyzstan
Topics:: Disaster, Economics, Energy

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কিরগিজ কর্তৃপক্ষ তাজিকিস্তানে বিদ্যুত সরবরাহ বন্ধ করেছে...

Ayan Dane writes that the Kyrgyz authorities have decided to stop supplying electricity to Tajikistan, which, according to the Kyrgyz officials, refused to comply with its commitments. Tajikistan is in grave humanitarian condition now because of the harsh energy deficit.

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