中國石化新聞網(wǎng)訊 據(jù)路透社4月19日消息，俄羅斯議會已同意核銷朝鮮在蘇聯(lián)時期的一筆交易中所欠下的約100億美元債務(wù)。該交易內(nèi)容為建設(shè)一條穿過朝鮮通往韓國的天然氣管道。
上周五，國家杜馬下院批準(zhǔn)了一份2012年的旨在核銷朝鮮債務(wù)的協(xié)議。協(xié)議中稱，截至2012年9月17日，債務(wù)總額為109.6億美元。
剩余10.9億美元的債務(wù)，將在未來20年內(nèi)被贖回，以等額支付的形式每半年支付一次。朝鮮所欠的未償還債務(wù)將由俄羅斯國家發(fā)展銀行——俄羅斯外經(jīng)銀行進(jìn)行管理。
俄羅斯財政部副部長Sergei Storchak告訴俄羅斯媒體，這筆錢可以用于兩國在朝鮮的共同項目，包括擬議的一條天然氣管道項目和一條通往韓國的鐵路項目。
俄羅斯最大的國有天然氣企業(yè)俄氣，長期以來一直計劃建造途經(jīng)朝鮮前往韓國的天然氣管道，以便每年向韓國出售100億立方米天然氣。
詹樂乾 摘譯自路透社，2014-4-22
原文如下：
Russia writes off 90 percent of North Korea debt, eyes gas pipeline
(Reuters) - Russia's parliament has agreed to write off almost $10 billion of North Korea's Soviet-era debt, in a deal expected to facilitate the building of a gas pipeline to South Korea across the reclusive state.
The State Duma lower house on Friday ratified a 2012 agreement to write off the bulk of North Korea's debt. It said the total debt stood at $10.96 billion as of Sept. 17, 2012.
The rest of the debt, $1.09 billion, would be redeemed during the next 20 years, to be paid in equal instalments every six months. The outstanding debt owed by North Korea will be managed by Russia's state development bank, Vnesheconombank.
Russia's Deputy Finance Minister Sergei Storchak told Russian media that the money could be used to fund mutual projects in North Korea, including a proposed gas pipeline and a railway to South Korea.
Russia's state-owned top natural producer Gazprom, has long planned to build a gas pipeline via North Korea to South Korea with a view to shipping 10 billion cubic metres of gas annually.
