Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan exchange blows as latter prepares to join Customs Union

Kyrgyzstan has decreased irrigation water supplies to Kazakhstan twofold, following a three month hold up by Kazakhstan’s customs authorities of the Russian petroleum products destined for Kyrgyzstan, Tengrinews reports.

The Kyrgyz Department of Water Resources declared that the country had used up about 70% of its irrigation water accumulated in its reservoirs and Bishkek and Chu cities started to experience shortages of irrigation water. In addition, the experts of the Department said that it was a low-water season for Kyrgyzstan, which made it impossible to supply the required amount of water to Kazakhstan.

Besides, Kyrgyz government introduced limits on water supply to various regions of the country. The Regional Department of Water Resources of Chu region intends to organize daily patrols of agricultural waterways to make sure that sluices are in correct positions and no unauthorised water intake takes place. Chief of Chui Oblast water management Ruslan Devyatkulov said that Kyrgyzstan would decrease water supplies to Kazakhstan even further and would be supplying only half of the agreed amount.

Kyrgyz Deputy PM Tayirbek Sarpashev threatened to fire the Kyrgyz officials responsible for mishandling the water resources.

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