Tajikistan, Uzbekistan discuss water issues and energy resources

Uzbek Foreign Minister recently held a meeting  with Deputy Foreign Minister of Tajikistan Makhmadsharif Khakdod in Tashkent.

Bishkek (AKIpress) – Deputy Minister of Energy and Water Resources of Tajikistan Sulton Rakhimzoda and Foreign Minister of Uzbekistan Abdulaziz Kamilov on November 16 held talks on water issues, reported the Foreign Ministry of Uzbekistan.

The two exchanged views on the Uzbek-Tajik relations within the context of the rational use of the water and energy resources in the Central Asian region.

Uzbek Foreign Minister recently held a meeting  with Deputy Foreign Minister of Tajikistan Makhmadsharif Khakdod in Tashkent.

The sides reviewed delimitation and demarcation of the state border then.

Tajikistan on October 29 started construction  of the world’s highest embankment dam. The Vakhsh River was blocked as construction of the Rogun hydropower plant kicked off.

Uzbekistan considers construction of this Rogun HPP in the Vakhsh River jeopardizes  the water and climatic balance of the downstream nations.

The World Bank experts conducted a study on this issue and took a decision that the project does not pose any threat, which is stated by the Uzbek side. Uzbekistan, in turn, was dissatisfied with this study and keeps insisting that the construction of Rogun HPP in fact poses a serious threat and rejects the proposal of Tajikistan to participate in this project.