Issues of protection and use of transboundary water bodies was considered in Belarus

On August 25, 2022, a meeting of the Joint Belarusian-Russian Commission for the Protection and Rational Use of Transboundary Water Bodies was held in Nesvizh.

Within the framework of the meeting, the Joint Belarusian-Russian Commission summed up the results of the implementation of the Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Belarus and the Government of the Russian Federation on cooperation in the field of protection and use of transboundary water bodies over the past period, and also considered promising areas for further cooperation, signed the Consolidated Program for Monitoring Transboundary Water Bodies in the Basins of the Dnieper and Western Dvina Rivers and the protocol of the XIII meeting of the commission.

Joint water resources management helps to preserve the water potential of transboundary states, increase the efficiency of use and protection of water resources, and also makes an important contribution to the achievement of Sustainable Development Goals 6, 13, 14, 17 and other SDGs.

More information about the meeting can be found at the link: https://minpriroda.gov.by/ru/news-ru/view/o-zasedanii-sovmestnoj-belorussko-rossijskoj-komissii-po-oxrane-i-ratsionalnomu-ispolzovaniju-transgranichnyx-4378/.