Turkmenistan, Ashgabat, March 24 / Trend H. Hasanov /
A meeting of the Interstate Coordination for Water Commission of Central Asia (ICWC) will be held in Ashgabat in the near future, an official Turkmen source said.
The commission was established in accordance with an interstate water resources management and protection agreement between Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan signed in Almaty Feb. 18, 1992.
The commission is a regional body in Central Asia jointly resolving governance, rational use and interstate water resources protection issues in the Aral Sea and implementing joint programs based on principles of collegiality and the mutual respect of party interests.