The representative of a gas distribution company said that the increase in gas supplies made it possible to resume work in the closed joint-stock company Tojikazot [Tajik nitrogen], where work had been suspended since late July.

Shavqat Shoimov said that now the Tajik aluminium company Talco was fully supplied with natural gas and that some gas was being delivered to the SUE Tojikcement.

"Now we are not going to ask Uzbekistan to increase gas supplies because the volume that is coming to Tajikistan is completely sufficient," he said, adding that gas would be supplied to residents’ houses, but only to those who have no debt for gas.