Tajikistan, WB to sit at negotiating table on Rogun HPP
Tajikistan and the World Bank will hold the next round of talks on expertise of the Rogun HPP project in Washington in the next few months, Tajik Finance Minister Safarali Nadzhmiddinov told reporters on Friday, Avesta.tj reported.
The parties will discuss the results of the project's environmental impact assessment and feasibility study, he said.
"We hope to get a positive expertise result, as experts believe,
the object is viable," Nadzhmiddinov said.
Moreover, he said the restoration work is ongoing at the project
site.
Tajikistan plans to build the Rogun HPP on Vakhsh river to resolve
the country's problems caused by electricity shortage. However
Uzbekistan, located on the river downstream, is against the
construction. According to the Uzbek side, the construction of the
dam could pose a threat to regional security. The World Bank has
financed the techno-economic assessment of the project. The results
of the expertise have not been published yet.