Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan Agree on Free Access to Water of River

"We reached agreements with the Kyrgyz government last week on purchasing electricity amounting to 500m kW [as published]. In return for this, Kyrgyzstan is to discharge approximately 600m cu.m. of water from the Toktogul [reservoir]," Shukeyev said.

These volumes of water should flow through Uzbekistan into Kazakhstan without a loss. "In this regard, we have reached an agreement in principle: on how much water to be received from Toktogul, and how much to flow into Kazakhstan along Syr Darya," the Kazakh deputy prime minister said.

We recall that a meeting between Shukeyev and Uzbek First Deputy Prime Minister Rustam Azimov was held in Tashkent.