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In Ashgabat, passes a three-day regional training seminar on international legal instruments in the field of transboundary water resources management, organized by the Regional Centre for preventative diplomacy for Central Asia (RCPDCA) with support from the Government of the United States, correspondent BakuToday .
As the press service of the Turkmen Government, interactive training involved representatives of ministries and departments for the protection and management of water resources in all five countries of the Central Asian region-Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, as well as international and regional consultants of the Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE), International Fund for Aral Sea saving (IFAS).
“During the seminar, international consultants, UNECE will make presentations of accepted legal standards in the management of international watercourses, the basic provisions of international agreements-current water New York and Helsinki conventions (UN/ECE). The training will be considered by the legal instruments in the field of transboundary water resources, experience and international practice in this area, “said the press service of the Government of Turkmenistan.
Also stresses that in the view of Turkmenistan, all the issues associated with developing a mutually acceptable mechanism for integrated and balanced utilization of transboundary water resources, must be resolved solely on the basis of the universally recognized norms and principles of international law, taking into account the interests of all States in the region.
As already reported BakuToday, United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton during a visit to Dushanbe in October this year, said that Tajikistan should consider alternative energy sources and do not need to build the Rogun only in retaliation the neighbour, who is opposed to this project. ” In turn, the President of Tajikistan Emomali Rakhmon, in November, said that the people of his country, according to international standards has the full right to use their natural resources for the development of the country. “According to the scientists, the hydropower resources of Central Asia are 554 billion. kW/h, much of which has a Tajikistan. Studies that met the World Bank, show that over 15 years the need for the region’s electricity will be 206 billion. kWh. we have no other way than how to complete the construction of Roguna and other hydropower facilities. The people of Tajikistan, according to international standards has the full right to use their natural resources for the development of the country, since many socio-economic issues, particularly issues of population, jobs, and the whole future of Tajikistan are directly dependent on electricity, “said the President of Tajikistan.
At the same time, the lower, in particular, Uzbekistan opposes construction of Rogun GES in Tajikistan, considering that the construction of the 330 metre dam reservoir station creates a threat to the environmental security of the region. The World Bank, which conducts the review of the Rogun GES, last summer, issued a statement opposing the construction of the first phase of the station until the international examination.
