Problem of Water and Central Asia Republics Relations

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The Problem of water in Central Asia, which the Soviet economic development policy has deepened it, is among the other challenges of the Central Asian countries. The weakness of these countries to solve this problem, has expanded intervene of other countries in this region. The problem has not stemmed from Border Rivers but it is their dependency on a common source for their development. Based on the geographic condition of Central Asia, all of them have relied on one source of water. This situation makes real challenges for these newly independent states. Water tensions are essentially depending on the rivers, water. The main question of this article is: what is the impact of water on these countries? The authors do their research based on descriptive- analytical methodology by using library sources and access to internet. They show that the problem of water resources has affected Central Asian republics relations.

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