Kyrgyzstan spends more and more funds on repayment of state debt

09:06, 11 апреля 2017, Bishkek - 24.kg news agency , Tatyana KUDRYAVTSEVA

5.4 billion soms were spent from the budget during two months of 2017 to pay off the state debt of . The Central Treasury of the Ministry of Finance says.

Compared to the same period of 2016, the debt servicing expenses increased 2.3 times. In January-February of 2016, at least 2.3 billion soms were spent on this.

Most of the funds were spent on repayment of the domestic debt — 2, 881 billion soms. 2,569 billion soms were spent on external debt. This is three times more than in early 2016.