Baku, Azerbaijan, Oct. 22
By Fatih Karimov – Trend
Iran and Turkmenistan signed a protocol for water reserves management of a joint reservoir dam dubbed Dousti (Friendship).
The protocol was signed at the end of the session of Iran-Turkmenistan joint commission on Dousti dam, Mohammad Hossein Jafari, managing director of Iran’s Khorasan Razavi province Regional Water Authority, said, Mehr news agency reported Oct. 22.
Based on the protocol, the Turkmen side expressed readiness to undertake microgeodesy operations, meanwhile the Iranian party will carry out dredging operations of Shirtappeh Diversion Dam, he added.
The Iran–Turkmenistan Friendship Dam is a dam on the Hariroud River, which forms part of the international boundary between Iran and Turkmenistan.
The dam was completed in 2004, and both countries agreed that each would have an equal right to the waters of the river, which amount to 820 million cubic meters. The dam provides drinking water and irrigation for the surrounding areas along with hydroelectric power.