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Kazakhstan and Germany discuss cooperation on water resources

The talks covered water efficiency in agriculture, infrastructure projects and a proposed joint water hub.

Kazakhstan and Germany discussed cooperation on water management and infrastructure. The sides also considered establishing a Kazakhstan-Germany water hub for technology exchange and pilot projects.

Author: Робот Source: Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation of Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan Vice Minister Zhandos Salimov meets with a German delegation
Kazakhstan and German representatives discuss cooperation on water resources. Illustrative photo. Photo: NASA Earth Observatory images by Joshua Stevens, using Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey. Story by Kathryn Hansen. / Wikimedia Commons, Public domain

Kazakhstan Vice Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation Zhandos Salimov met a German delegation led by Martina Englhardt-Kopf, Parliamentary State Secretary at Germany’s Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Regional Identity.

The sides discussed potential cooperation with German companies and research organizations to improve the efficiency of water use in agriculture.

They also considered German companies’ participation in projects to build and renovate Kazakhstan’s water infrastructure, introduce advanced water management methods, and jointly train specialists and upgrade the skills of existing staff.

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The meeting also addressed a proposed Kazakhstan-Germany water hub for technology exchange, digital solutions and joint pilot projects.

Kazakhstan’s Information and Analytical Centre for Water Resources and German Water Partnership are coordinating a draft concept for the hub. GWP brings together more than 300 companies in the water sector.

Salimov said Kazakhstan was interested in further developing cooperation with Germany. He said German technology and expertise could help improve water-use efficiency in agriculture, a task set by the head of state in his Address to the People of Kazakhstan.

Translated from Russian using artificial intelligence. Source: Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation of Kazakhstan

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