The 29th meeting of the Azerbaijan–Russia Joint Commission on the Allocation of Water Resources of the Samur Transboundary River was held on July 9 in Azerbaijan's Gusar district.
The commission operates in accordance with the Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Government of the Russian Federation on Cooperation on Efficient Use and Protection of Water Resources of the Samur Transboundary River.
The meeting was co-chaired by Zakir Guliyev, Azerbaijani Co-Chair of the Joint Commission and Chairman of the Board of the Regional Water Reclamation Service under the State Water Resources Agency of Azerbaijan (SWRA), and Vadim Nikonorov, Russian Co-Chair of the Joint Commission and Deputy Head of the Federal Agency for Water Resources of the Russian Federation.
The meeting was attended by representatives of the Regional Water Reclamation Service, relevant institutions of the Azerbaijan State Water Resources Agency, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Digital Development and Transport, the State Service on Property Issues, and the State Border Service.
The sides discussed the allocation of the Samur River's water resources between the two countries, water resource monitoring, Joint operation of the Samur Hydro-Engineering Complex, and other areas of bilateral cooperation.
At the conclusion of the meeting, the parties identified follow-up measures and signed the final protocol.
