BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan, April 22. Kyrgyzstan has
allocated around $80 million to the water management sector over
the past year, President of the Kyrgyz Republic Sadyr Japarov said,
Trend reports via
the press service of the Kyrgyz President.
He made the remark at the plenary session of the Regional
Environmental Summit in Astana (RES 2026) in Kazakhstan on April
22.
According to him, Kyrgyzstan is directing significant financial
and human resources toward the protection and preservation of water
formation zones, while not receiving compensation in the form of
fossil fuels.
“In the past five years, $259 million has been allocated from
the state budget to the water sector, which accounts for 2% of the
country’s annual budget. However, these funds and measures are not
sufficient to modernize outdated infrastructure and build an
efficient and modern system,” Sadyr Japarov noted.
Regional Environmental Summit RES 2026 is taking place in
Astana. The dialogue platform, established in cooperation with the
United Nations and other international organizations, aims to
develop comprehensive policies and tools for the protection,
restoration, and joint use of ecosystems, water and land resources,
as well as the conservation of biodiversity in Central Asia.
