Deputies approved a draft agreement on the delimitation and demarcation of the border with Uzbekistan at a meeting of the parliamentary committee on international affairs, defense, security and migration on Monday. The head of the committee, Chingiz Aidarbekov, told journalists.
According to him, six deputies voted for and four voted against.
«Six voted for and four against. I expressed my opinion on this matter. The deputies did not see the documents. I said that I could not agree without seeing the documents. Therefore, I voted against,» Chingiz Aidarbekov said.
Almasbek Abytov, the presidential representative in the Parliament, confirmed that the members of the committee approved the draft agreement, according to which the land of Kempir-Abad reservoir with an area of 4,485 hectares was transferred to Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan will receive 19,699 hectares.
Earlier, the head of the State Committee for National Security, Kamchybek Tashiev, told deputies that in total more than 19,000 hectares of land remain in the ownership of Kyrgyzstan, and 4,485 hectares — of Uzbekistan (the water area of Kempir-Abad reservoir), but two countries will jointly manage it.
Kempir-Abad reservoir (it is called Andijan in Uzbekistan) is located at the junction of Osh and Jalal-Abad regions of Kyrgyzstan and Andijan region of Uzbekistan. It was built in 1983 on the territory of the Kyrgyz Republic.
In 1973, Uzbekistan provided land compensation — 4,100 hectares were transferred to Kyrgyzstan.
Water from Tar, Kara-Kuldzha and Kara-Darya rivers flows into Kempir-Abad. The reservoir belongs to Kyrgyzstan. Its area is 4,400 hectares. The maximum filling volume is 1.9 cubic kilometers. Once it was leased to Uzbekistan. The waters of Fergana canal flow from Kempir-Abad reservoir and enter the Republic of Uzbekistan through Aravan district.
