Turkey's external debt decreases by $10.2 bln

Azerbaijan, Baku, Oct 13 /Trend A.Taghiyeva/ In January-September 2012, Turkey paid foreign debt in the amount of $10.2 billion, excluding debt of the private sector, a report of the Central Bank of Turkey, published on its official website says. Some $7.5 billion of the total amount of debt was paid off from the state treasury, $690 million - from the budgets of administrations and $372 million - at the expense of the Central Bank of Turkey. During the reporting period, $1.64 billion were paid off on loans of the International Monetary Fund. In 2011, Turkey sent $12.8 billion to repay foreign debt, excluding the private sector. Some $8.2 billion was paid at the expense of the state treasury. Do you have any feedback? Contact our journalist at agency@trend.az