The proposal of Argentina is a partial payment of the total debt with the EBY, claimed the Minister - .::Agencia IP::.

Asunción, Agencia IP.- The payment schedule proposed by Argentina to Yacyretá of USD 36 million for the purchase of energy for the period 2022 is “a partial payment of the total” of that year, and what has been paid so far does not represent “even 10% of the total debt” demanded by Paraguay. The Minister

Asunción, Agencia IP.- The payment schedule proposed by Argentina to Yacyretá of USD 36 million for the purchase of energy for the period 2022 is “a partial payment of the total” of that year, and what has been paid so far does not represent “even 10% of the total debt” demanded by Paraguay.

The Minister of Economy, Carlos Fernández, provided these declarations this past Sunday during an emergency meeting of the National Economic Team (EEN, by its acronym in Spanish) that analyzed the new obstacles from Argentina to the transportation of gas and fuel.

Another of the points discussed was the “escalation of unilateral measures” regarding the debts of Argentina for the purchase of energy from the Binational Entity Yacyretá (EBY, by its acronym in Spanish) that affects the Treasury and the regular operation of the hydroelectric plant on the Paraguayan side.

Minister Fernández holds that the debt is from USD 92 million for payments to the Treasury (for the transfer of energy) and another USD 60 million for the operation of EBY. Therefore, he ratified the initial amount estimated by the Government of USD 150 million of debt.