Press release

Ashgabat, 13 November 2017. A signing ceremony of two Memorandum of Understandings (MoU) took place on the sidelines of the Executive Committee of the International Fund for Saving the Aral Sea. They are as follows:

The Executive Committee of the International Fund for Saving the Aral and the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), represented by the Regional Programme "Transboundary Water Management in Central Asia (TWM CA)", and The Executive Committee of the International Fund for Saving the Aral Sea and the Regional Environmental Center for Central Asia (CAREC).

The ceremony took place in a formal way with the participation of representatives of ministries and state agencies of Turkmenistan as well as international organizations.

The main goals of the MOUs are to provide support to foster the regional water cooperation in Central Asia, to improve the socio-economic and environmental situation in the Aral Sea basin, as well to contribute the technical assistance.

Upon completion of signing ceremony, the sides expressed the assurances that these agreements would become the additional push for expanding and strengthening the regional water cooperation. / MFA of Turkmenistan /