AKIPRESS.COM - The President of Turkmenistan signed a package of documents related to the country's chairmanship in the International Fund for Saving the Aral Sea (IFAS) in 2017-2019 last week.
In particular, in accordance with the Regulations on the International Fund for Saving the Aral Sea in Ashgabat, the Executive Committee of IFAS was established; their structures as well as the Regulations on the Executive Committee of the International Fund for Saving the Aral Sea were approved, the Turkmen foreign ministry reported.
On June 19, a solemn ceremony of opening the building of the Executive Committee of the International Fund for Saving the Aral Sea (IFAS) in Ashgabat was held.
Before entering the office of the Executive Committee, the national flags of the founding countries of the International Fund for Saving the Aral Sea -- Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan -- were raised. Then the participants of the event got acquainted with the conditions created for the successful functioning of the central office of the Executive Committee.