Turkmenistan signs Protocol on limits for the use of Amu Darya water
A meeting of the Interstate Coordination Water Commission was held in Tashkent, the capital of Uzbekistan. At the meeting, representatives of Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan signed a Protocol on the reservoirs of the Syr Darya and Amu Darya basins and set limits on water use. At the meeting, they agreed to release 1.6 billion cubic metres of water into the Aral Sea. In recent years, the countries of the region have adopted effective decisions on the Aral Sea and have been paying special attention to environmental issues. About 1,000 kilometres of the length of the Amu Darya flow through the territory of Lebap region.