AT 5TH SITTING OF ASIAN-PACIFIC FORUM
Kazakhstan addressed to the international organizations to solve the ecological problems.
Addressing the participants, Minister of Environment Protection Aytkul Samakova noted that we have to stabilize the ecological situation of the Aral Sea. Kazakhstan worked out a program for improvement of ecological and socio-economic situation in the Aral Sea. For today, construction of the pipeline for supply of 148 populated areas with drinking water is going on.
According to A. Samakova, 600 thousand men reside in the disaster area of the Aral region. Within past 30 years, radius of the Aral reduced by 150 km resulted in desertification of 30 thousand sq. km of the territory. Assistance of the international organizations is necessary to preserve current level of water in the Aral Sea, prevent shallowing of the Sir-Darya River and spoilage of the littoral Aral lands.
