Turkmenistan, Ashgabat, 4 Dec / Trend corr. S.Kurbanov/ Some regional forums are being held in Ashgabat, including under format of the European Union (EU) - Central Asia, dedicated to issues of environment and water use.
Representatives of five Central Asian countries, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Georgia, Russia, Ukraine, Moldova, Iran and the EU countries assembled in the Turkmen capital with this purpose.
It is planned to hold a conference on Cooperation platform in field of environment and water resources, the 12th meeting of work group of the EU Water initiative for countries of Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia and the 52nd conference of the Intergovernmental Coordinating Hydoreconomic Commission within the framework of the actions.
Turkmen President Gurbangulu Berdimuhammedov has initiated to hold these actions in Ashgabat and he welcome participants: "There are favorable conditions in our region normally to supply our nations with daily wants, including qualitative drinkable water, as well as to provide all economic fields with water both at present and in future perspective," the Turkmen leader stressed.
At present an important priority includes problem of calculation, preservation and rational use of water resources, he said.
"Therefore, currently it is too important to exchange opinions and experience on this issue, intensive application of the latest technological achievements in production," Berdimuhammedov said. Natural climate background, aroused in the second half of the 20th century, as well as social and economic status of the Aral region's people is inseparably connected to problems of environment, the President said.
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