/IRBIS, April 28, 2010/ - Terminal of Almaty International Airport is located in a communal property of the city, and it is not on the list of collateral,said Mr.Aibol Bekmukhambet president of JSC "Almaty International Airport" in an interview with "Time."

"The message said, if a mortgage from the bank is located and a passenger terminal, but it is not so" - Mr. A. Bekmukhambet said yesterday to the "Time. The terminal is located in the communal property of the city, and it is not in the list of collateral. Therefore, there cannot be any question to stop this business."

Remind you, that on April 26, Interfax-Kazakhstan, with reference to the release of the Amsterdam Trade Bank (ATB) reported that in 2007, JSC" Almaty International Airport" has taken a bank loan for $33 million to finance the construction of a new international passenger terminal. Term loan is due to March 2009. Currently, total debt (including penalty) JSC Almaty International Airport "to the bank more than $38 million. ATB also noted that the construction of a new international passenger terminal in Almaty was completed in 2010. However, despite the fact that the borrowed funds were fully spent, that money the bank will not get back, and the construction of the new terminal is still not completed, it was stated in the message. JSC "Almaty International Airport" has not taken any action to pay given debt; ATB has decided to foreclose on real. property owned by JSC "Almaty International Airport", pledged to support a loan. According to the bank, on April 5 of this year, a specialized inter- district economic court of Almaty issued a decision which banned the JSC Almaty International Airport "to take any action to dispose of or encumber movable and / or immovable property belonging to the airport.

Meanwhile, the head of JSC "Almaty International Airport" indicated that pledges by ATB are 14 properties, including plots of some individuals not belonging to the airport. But out of this collateral ATB interested in only 4 of object: the building of VIP-Terminal, the Palace of Culture, hotels under construction and the land beneath it. "Even if the bank through the court will take these objects on the airport capacity it will not change" - said Mr. A. Bekmukhambet.

As indicated by publication, the current leadership of the airport, which were the assignee debt predecessors - Mr. Tahir Idrisov former head of AIA JSC by his team going through the court to restore the status quo.

"I have a lot of questions about this whole transaction with ATB, - Mr. A. Bekmukhambet said to "Time "." Look at this record of a board meeting without the signatures of all shareholders and the press. For this, I would say, Filka literacy and was granted a loan! Besides, we should have only a copy of this so-called "document": the original, we had never seen. However, the borrowed money is fully spent. Where - is unclear. The second passenger terminal, for which this credit was taken, was not completed, but the papers on its construction spent $ 65 million. Moreover, the former head of the airport told me that still need 70 million dollars. But this is now - is the problem of law enforcement. "

The CEO explained to the publication of the solution to this situation went to Moscow to solve and discuss with the leadership of Alfa Bank (which owns ATB) and Mrs. Sholpan Nurmanbekova Vice-President of JSC "Almaty International Airport", but "the trip has not brought results." According to Mr. A. Bekmuhambetov, about bad loans already have an interest in transport prosecutor's office.

[2010-04-28]