Agreement between the Government of the Kazakh Republic and the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic on the Use of Water Management Facilities of Intergovernmental Status on the Rivers Chu and Talas

The Parties attribute to the water management facilities of intergovernmental status the following water management facilities owned by the Kyrgyz Republic: the Orto-Tokoiskoye Reservoir on the River Chu, the By-Pass Ferroconcrete Chuiskie Canals on the River Chu from the Bystrovskaya Hydroelectric Power Plant to the city of Tokmok, the Western and Eastern Bolshie Chuiskie Canals with the Chumyshsky Hydro-system on the River Chu and the Kirovskoye Reservoir on the River Talas (art. 2). In order to ensure safe and reliable work of water management facilities of intergovernmental status, the Parties shall create permanent commissions to determine the working regimes and the range of necessary expenses for exploitation and maintenance (art. 5). The Parties shall implement joint activities to protect water management facilities of intergovernmental status and adjacent territories from adverse effects of floods, mudflows and other natural disasters (art. 7). In emergencies arising on water management facilities of intergovernmental status due to unexpected natural disasters or technical catastrophes, the Parties shall immediately notify each other and undertake joint activities to prevent, extenuate and eliminate their effects (art. 8).