DUSHANBE, Tajikistan

On 31 May, on the margins of the International High-Level Conference on Glaciers’ Preservation, held in Dushanbe, the Republic of Tajikistan, SRSG Kaha Imnadze and Chairman of the Executive Committee of the International Fund for Saving the Aral Sea, Mr. Askhat Orazbay, signed a Memorandum of Understanding on Cooperation to develop monitoring mechanisms and preventive response to environmental threats in the Aral Sea Basin. The MoU is aimed at strengthening cooperation and coordination between the two regional entities in responding to climate and ecological challenges faced by the Central Asian states, and improving socio-economic conditions in the Aral Sea Basin.