The 85th meeting of the Interstate Coordination Water Commission (ICWC), which includes heads of water departments of Central Asian countries, took place in Tashkent

The 85th meeting of the Interstate Coordination Water Commission (ICWC), which includes heads of water departments of Central Asian countries, took place in Tashkent

The 85th meeting of the Interstate Coordination Water Commission (ICWC), which includes heads of water departments of Central Asian countries, took place in Tashkent. As part of the Kazakh delegation, the Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation Nurzhan Nurzhigitov took part in the meeting.During the ICWC meeting, reports from the basin water management associations “Syr Darya” and “Amu Darya” on the passage of the growing season in the basins of both rivers, as well as the forecast operating regimes of reservoir cascades for the non-vegetation period 2023-2024, were reviewed.In addition, a report was heard from the ICWC Scientific Information Center on the implementation of the initiatives of the heads of state-founders of the International Fund for Saving the Aral Sea following the Summits in Turkmenbashi (August 2018) and Dushanbe (September 2023).The parties also signed a Protocol with forecast schedules for the operation of a cascade of reservoirs in the Syrdarya and AmuDarya River basins, as well as water withdrawal limits for the non-growing season 2023-2024.