Press-release

Ashgabat, 13 November 2017. A signing ceremony of two Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) took place at the side of the Executive Committee of the International Fund for Saving the Aral Sea in particular between:

- 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 goal of the memoranda is to provide support for fostering regional water cooperation in Central Asia, improving the socio-economic and environmental situation in the Aral Sea basin, as well contributing technical assistance.

Upon signing the memorandum, the sides expressed assurances that these agreements will become an additional impact for expanding and strengthening regional water cooperation, which in its turn will benefit the people of the Aral Sea basin region.