(April 20, 2009, The International Relations and Security Network)

Much of Central Asia’s water flows from the mountains of Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan, leaving downstream countries Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, and Turkmenistan dependent and worried about the effects of planned hydropower plants upstream.

“There are lots of discussions about water and energy going on among the Central Asian states. It seems that this process is fueled by some interested powers, who follow their own aims,” Tajikistan’s President Emomali Rahmon said in his annual speech to the nation on April 15, referring to Uzbekistan.

“They say that implementation of water-energy projects in Tajikistan will harm neighboring countries. In this regard I want to underscore once more that such points of view are absolutely baseless.”

(Original Article Here)

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