ASTANA, Kazakhstan, May 26. Kazakhstan,
Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan have agreed on the operating режим of
the Bahri-Tojik reservoir for the summer of 2026, Trend reports via the
Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation of Kazakhstan.
Kazakhstan’s Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation Nurzhan
Nurzhigitov, Tajikistan’s Minister of Energy and Water Resources
Daler Juma and Uzbekistan’s Minister of Water Resources Shavkat
Khamraev signed a trilateral protocol on the issue.
Under the approved operating regime, water from the Bahri-Tojik
reservoir will be supplied during the summer irrigation season to
farmers in the Maktaaral and Zhetysai districts of Kazakhstan’s
Turkestan region.
“The issue of providing southern regions with irrigation water
remains under special control. The agreements reached are the
result of constructive interaction and mutual support between the
Central Asian countries. The measures adopted will ensure the
stable passage of the vegetation period and support domestic
farmers,” Nurzhigitov said.
Following the meeting, the heads of the water management
agencies of Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan reaffirmed their
readiness to further strengthen cooperation on the rational and
mutually beneficial use of the region’s water resources.
The Bahri Tojik reservoir, located on the Syr Darya River in
Tajikistan’s Sughd region, provides drinking water, hydropower, and
irrigation supplies to Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, and Kazakhstan.
