DUSHANBE, September 8, Asia-Plus — The Barqi Tojik (Tajik electric systems) power holding head Sharifkhon Samiyev, heading Tajik energy delegation, is leaving for Tashkent, Uzbekistan tomorrow to negotiate with Uzbek energy authorities the transit of Turkmen electricity to Tajikistan via Uzbek power systems during the winter months, according to Barqi Tojik.
The sides are also expected to discuss the volume of Uzbek electricity deliveries to Tajikistan in autumn-winter 2008-2009.
We will recall that under an agreement between the two countries, Tajikistan supplies 900 million kWh of electrical power to Uzbekistan in summer in exchange for 600 million kWh of Uzbek electricity it receives during the winter months.
During the past winter, Turkmenistan supplied some 1.3 billion kWh of electricity to Tajikistan vie Uzbek power systems.
