{"id":7874,"date":"2022-08-29T03:34:00","date_gmt":"2022-08-29T03:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onnik-krikorian.com\/new_site\/?p=7874"},"modified":"2023-02-25T14:25:14","modified_gmt":"2023-02-25T14:25:14","slug":"karabakh-armenians-and-azerbaijan-talk-water","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onnik-krikorian.com\/new_site\/karabakh-armenians-and-azerbaijan-talk-water\/","title":{"rendered":"Karabakh Armenians and Azerbaijan Talk Water"},"content":{"rendered":"\n[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”3px|||||” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”||||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”-25px||||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”]
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Road to the Sarsang Reservoir, Nagorno Karabakh \u00a9 Onnik James Krikorian 2001<\/em><\/p>\n

On 22 August, representatives of the Azerbaijan Reclamation and Water Management OJSC visited the Sarsang Reservoir located in the Aghdara\/Mardakert region of that part of the former Nagorno Karabakh Autonomous Oblast (NKAO) now under the control of Russian peacekeepers. Constructed in 1976, the Sarsang Reservoir has a capacity of 560 million cubic meters and was used to irrigate 96,000 hectares of arable land in Barda, Terter, Agdam, Agjabedi, Yevlakh and Goranboy.<\/p>\n

The news came out of nowhere and it was later reported that similar meetings had already been held between local Armenian and Azerbaijani water specialists since February last year. The closest to a sign that some discussion had taken place was in a Eurasianet article published a week before that detailed at least one verbal agreement reached in June. According to that report, Karabakh Armenians had agreed to release 18,000 cubic meters of water to Azerbaijan-controlled areas daily.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cAfter the war, on Azerbaijan\u2019<\/span>s demands, the hydroelectric plant began to produce electricity in summer, that is automatically providing Azerbaijan with water for irrigation,\u201d Eurasianet quoted a Karabakh Armenian official as saying. \u201c<\/span>The water used for power generation flows into the Mataghis reservoir, which Azerbaijan controls.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

This, incidentally, is something that the former U.S. Co-Chair of the OSCE Minsk Group, Ambassador James B. Warlick, had encouraged back in 2015, as also touched upon in my interview with him<\/a> the same year.<\/p>\n

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Ambassador Warlick:<\/strong> I have repeatedly stressed that the sides should come together with the Co-Chairs to discuss issues that are in the interests of all people affected by the conflict. Water is one of the most obvious initiatives. I hope the sides see value in coming to the table and cooperating on the sharing of water resources. The Co-Chairs remain ready to assist them.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_code _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”]

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