Kazakhstan Set To Step Up Aral Sea Ecosystem Restoration Efforts
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency)
ASTANA, Kazakhstan, January 7. Kazakhstan will
continue to strengthen international relations through the Aral Sea
Rescue Fund to address water and environmental issues in the
region, Trend reports.
The Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of
Kazakhstan, Yermukhambet Konuspaev, held a meeting with the
Chairman of the Executive Committee of the International Fund for
Saving the Aral Sea, Askhat Orazbay, where the parties discussed
the results of Kazakhstan's first year of chairmanship, the work of
the Executive Committee, and the current issues on the
organization's agenda. The important role of the Fund in regulating
water management, water-energy, and environmental aspects of
regional development in the countries of the Aral Sea basin was
emphasized.
The parties agreed to continue making every effort to facilitate
the swift completion of the organization's reform process, as well
as to actively cooperate in solving the tasks and assignments set
by the heads of state following the International Fund for Saving
the Aral Sea Summit held in Dushanbe in September 2023.
The Chairman of the Executive Committee, in turn, informed about
the progress of Kazakhstan's chairmanship priorities, the
implementation of regional environmental projects and programs, as
well as the expansion of international relations of the
International Fund for Saving the Aral Sea.
The International Fund for Saving the Aral Sea is an
international organization whose main goal is to finance and
implement joint efforts aimed at saving the Aral Sea. The
International Fund for Saving the Aral Sea was established based on
the decision of the Heads of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan,
Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan, made on January 4, 1993, in Tashkent.
The founding countries take turns chairing the fund, and the heads
of Central Asian countries elect the president of the fund for a
term of 3 years.
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