By the end of 2009, ArmRosGazProm CJSC partially paid off the credit allocated by Armenian Government. The sum was paid ahead of the time-limit stipulated for in an October 16, 2009 contract, the company's press service reported.

The short-term budgetary credit comprising USD 40 billion will be directed at the construction of the 5th bloc of Hrazdan thermo-power plant.