87th MEETING OF THE INTERSTATE COMMISSION FOR WATER COORDINATION OF CENTRAL ASIA
On 6 November, Ashgabat hosted the 87th meeting of the Interstate Commission for Water Coordination (ICWC) of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, the Republic of Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and the Republic of Uzbekistan.
The meeting was held under the chairmanship of Mr. Gendjiev, member of ICWC from Turkmenistan, with participation of ICWC members from Kazakhstan Mr. Nurjigitov, Tajikistan Mr. Shoimzoda, and Uzbekistan Mr. Khamraev. The heads of executive bodies, including Mr. Makhramov from BWO Amu Darya, Mr. Kholkhujaev from BWO SyrDarya, Ms. Ziganshina from SIC ICWC, Mr. Nazarov, Secretariat and invited persons took part in the meeting. The chairman of the Executive Committee of IFAS Mr. A. Orazbai participated in the meeting as well.
The agenda included the following items:
- Results of the use of water withdrawal limits and operation regimes of reservoirs in the Syr Darya and Amu Darya River basins during the growing season 2024.
- Approval of the country water withdrawal limits and forecast operation regimes of the reservoir cascades in the Syr Darya and Amu Darya River basins for the non-growing season 2024-2025.
- Progress on tasks arising from the summits of the Heads of IFAS Founder States.
- Additional questions.
- Agenda and venue of the regular 88th ICWC meeting.
On the first item, BWO Amu Darya and BWO Syr Darya reported on implementation of water withdrawal limits and operation regimes of reservoirs in the Syr Darya and Amu Darya River basins during the growing season 2024.
On the second item, the heads of BWO Amu Darya and BWO Syr Darya made their proposals on the country water withdrawal limits and forecast operation regimes of the reservoir cascades in the Amu Darya and Syr Darya River basins for the non-growing season 2024-2025.
On the third item, Dinara Ziganshina, Director of SIC ICWC reported on progress of work undertaken by water management organizations and ICWC executive bodies for implementation of the proposals and initiatives voiced at the Summits of the Head of IFAS Founder States in Turkmenbashi (2018) and Dushanbe (2023). The ICWC executive bodies were instructed to continue this work.
After discussion, relevant decisions have been made on all items.
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