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Ukraine pays off Turkmen gas debt

KIEV, Russia, Sept. 13 (UPI) -- Ukraine's state-run Naftohaz Ukrayiny has paid off a debt for Turkmen gas supplied before 2006.

"Naftohaz Ukrayiny has resolved the issue of the Turkmen gas debt. Naftohaz has no debt to Turkmenistan," Naftohaz's spokesman Kostyantyn Borodin said Thursday.

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His comments were reported by the Interfax-Ukraine news agency.

On Aug. 28, the debt had amounted to $10.5 million.

On Aug. 18, Naftogaz paid off $49.6 million owed to RosUkrEnergo, the intermediary gas-supply company.

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