А meeting of the Board of the International Fund for Saving the Aral Sea

Astana, 18 September 2024 – The capital of the Republic of Kazakhstan hosted a meeting of the Board of the International Fund for Saving the Aral Sea (IFAS) under chairmanship of the Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan K.Bozumbaev.
It has become the first meeting of the Board since Kazakhstan assumed the Chairmanship in IFAS in January 2024 which will last until the end of 2026.
The event was attended by the Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Tajikistan  S.Ziyozoda, the Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers of Turkmenistan T.Atahallyev, the Advisor to the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Sh.Ganiev, the Minister of Water Management of the Republic of Uzbekistan Sh.Khamraev, the Ambassador of the Kyrgyz Republic to the Republic of Kazakhstan D.Dyushekeev, the Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation of the Republic of Kazakhstan N.Nurzhigitov, the Chairman of the Executive Committee of IFAS A.Orazbay as well as representatives of the foreign ministries, energy ministries and water resource ministries of the founding states of IFAS.
During the meeting the participants discussed current issues regarding the activities of the Fund and further improvement of its organizational structure and legal framework as well as prospects for cooperation among the five Central Asian states within the framework of IFAS.
As a result of the meeting, relevant decisions were signed and the Work Plan of the Executive Committee of IFAS proposed by the Kazakh side and consisted of 10 areas with more than 40 activities to implement the instructions of the Heads of the Founding States and the President of IFAS was approved.