BAKU/04.12.13/TURAN : Next year Azerbaijan will allocate maintenance of the main external debt of almost half a million ( 492 million 647.7 thousand ) manats . This is 2.2% more than forecast in 2013 .
In the State budget for next year total cost of external debt service provided at the level of 697 million 229.6 thousand manats ( this year - 647 million 229.6 thousand manats) .
The following year, only the cost of the service principal amount to 492 million 647.7 thousand manats and interest payments - 204 million 581.9 thousand manats.
The share of service costs principal amount of 70.7 % , interest on external debt will be 29.3% (this year - 74.5% and 25.5 %, respectively) .
By the second half of this year, direct and guaranteed external debt of Azerbaijan is $ 5 billion 527.3 million manat - 7.9 % of GDP. - 17D-
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