Meeting with Special Envoy of Switzerland

On April 8, 2015 at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Uzbekistan held a meeting with the Special Envoy of the Swiss Confederation on water cooperation Wilhelm Mayer.

During the meeting, discussed the results of a regional high-level meeting on integrated water resources management, organized by the Government of Switzerland on 24-26 November 2014 in Basel, as well as prospects for further development of the Uzbek-Swiss cooperation in the implementation of national projects in the field of water management.

It was noted that in the context of climate change and environmental degradation on a global scale to ensure the wise use of water resources is becoming increasingly pressing issue.

It was emphasized that the Uzbek side adheres to the principled position that all the issues of water and energy issues in our region, where the main sources of water and livelihoods of millions of people living here are such major transboundary rivers Amudarya and Syrdarya, should be considered in accordance with generally accepted norms of international law enshrined in the relevant UN conventions. These documents require compliance with the principles of not damaging the environment and the interests of neighboring states by using the resources of transboundary rivers.

The meeting was attended by the Ambassador Nicolas Brühl and Director of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation Hilary Dali.

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