QAZAQ GREEN. Representatives of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan held a technical meeting in Istanbul on the construction of the Kambarata HPP-1 with the support of the World Bank, the Ministry of Energy of Kazakhstan reported.

Kazakhstan was represented at the talks by Vice Minister of Energy Yerzhan Yertayev and Vice Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation Arsen Zhakanbayev.

The participants discussed further steps to implement the 1,860 MW Kambarata HPP-1 project. The plant is planned to be built on the Naryn River in Kyrgyzstan. The project is being implemented jointly by the governments of the three countries and is of strategic importance for the development of regional water and energy cooperation.

The parties reviewed key technical issues of the project, exchanged views on further areas of joint work and discussed prospects for cooperation in the water and energy sector.

The Kambarata HPP-1 is expected to contribute to the development of Central Asia’s energy potential and to strengthening regional cooperation in energy and the rational use of water resources.