Kazakhstan’s determination to reach a water agreement with China and Uzbekistan

According to a Fars news agency reporter in Astana, Nurzhan Nurzhigitov, the Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation of Kazakhstan, announced the country’s plans to sign an agreement with Uzbekistan on the joint use of transboundary rivers.

Norzhigitov stated that the further development of transboundary cooperation requires the creation of a new framework and the improvement of the existing bilateral and multilateral treaty framework on the joint use and protection of transboundary water flows with neighboring countries.

He said: In order to develop water relations between the countries, the water resource management system development plan for 2024-2030, the possibility of signing agreements for the joint management and use of transboundary waters between Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, as well as the allocation of water in transboundary rivers between Astana and Beijing.

Last year, Kazakhstan announced its intention to revise the 1998 water agreement with Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan on the sharing of Syr Darya waters. Kazakhstan has decided to make changes to the document in connection with the increasing problem of water shortage in the region.

At the same time, regarding the signing of the document on the joint management and use of transboundary waters with Kazakhstan, it should be Other factors such as the violation of the environmental status of the Syr Darya River are mentioned. As the river flows through the territory of Uzbekistan, large amounts of petroleum products, phenols and nitrogenous compounds enter this country.

Norzhigitov noted in an interview: There is no shortage of water in the country today, but the authorities are planning to pay attention to the accumulation of water in the country, including the development of underground water, digital According to the Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation of Kazakhstan, there is an average of 102.3 cubic kilometers of water in this country. 55% of this volume of water is in the territory of Kazakhstan, and about 44% of the country’s regions receive it from transboundary rivers. Of the total water available in this country, only 25% is used. Also, 70% of this sector is used in agriculture, 25% in industry and about 5% as drinking water.

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