Three Governments Join Forces to Build Mammoth Dam in Kyrgyzstan

The governments of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan agreed on April 15 to establish a joint company for the construction of the Kambar-Ata-1 dam on the Naryn river, around 150 kilometers south-west of Kyrgyzstan’s capital Bishkek.

This is an important development for a project that had been under negotiation for decades. In January 2023, the three governments had given the project new life with an initial joint agreement.

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