OREANDA-NEWS. KazTransGas Aimak (Astana), whose bonds are officially listed on Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE), today by an official letter informed KASE of the following:

International rating agency Fitch Ratings has affirmed long-term Issuer Default Ratings ("IDR") of KazTransGas JSC (KTG) and a 100% owned subsidiaries – Intergas Central Asia JSC (ICA) and KazTransGas Aimak JSC (KTG Aimak) – at "BBB-".

The affirmation of ratings of KTG and its subsidiaries reflects the agency's opinion that leverage and debt coverage ratios of the group will return to the acceptable levels in 2017-2018 after a temporary downfall in view of reduction of gas transit from Central Asia to Russia announced by Gazprom OJSC ("ВВВ- "/outlook negative) and KZT devaluation in February 2014.

The ratings outlook is stable, according to a press release by the agency, according to the Appendix to this letter.