中国石化新闻网讯 据路透社4月19日消息，俄罗斯议会已同意核销朝鲜在苏联时期的一笔交易中所欠下的约100亿美元债务。该交易内容为建设一条穿过朝鲜通往韩国的天然气管道。
上周五，国家杜马下院批准了一份2012年的旨在核销朝鲜债务的协议。协议中称，截至2012年9月17日，债务总额为109.6亿美元。
剩余10.9亿美元的债务，将在未来20年内被赎回，以等额支付的形式每半年支付一次。朝鲜所欠的未偿还债务将由俄罗斯国家发展银行——俄罗斯外经银行进行管理。
俄罗斯财政部副部长Sergei Storchak告诉俄罗斯媒体，这笔钱可以用于两国在朝鲜的共同项目，包括拟议的一条天然气管道项目和一条通往韩国的铁路项目。
俄罗斯最大的国有天然气企业俄气，长期以来一直计划建造途经朝鲜前往韩国的天然气管道，以便每年向韩国出售100亿立方米天然气。
詹乐乾 摘译自路透社，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.
