Treaty of Good Neighborliness (1994)
The Treaty of Good Neighborliness is a 1994 agreement between the territorial government of Irad and Kazakhstan on the shared use of the Chu and Talas rivers. Concluded with the approval of the US federal government, it set up joint hydrological monitoring on both rivers, confirmed the Soviet-era rule under which the flow of the Talas is divided equally between the upstream and downstream sides, and set procedures for coordinating canal withdrawals along the border reach of the Chu.[1] It did not demarcate the frontier, which was dealt with for the ISEZ-controlled sections by the 2008 Northern Border Demarcation Protocol.
Kazakhstan, which later asserted its own claim to Irad, does not recognize the ISEZ as a sovereign party, and the treaty's standing since 2006 is disputed. Its technical provisions have nonetheless continued in practice. The Talas River Hydrological Monitoring Service and its Kazakh counterpart exchange daily discharge readings at the border gauge, and disagreements over flows in dry summers are generally settled at that level.[2]
References
- ^ State Archives of Irad (Talas), Fond 110: Territorial Legislative Journals and Enacted Statutes (1992–2006).
- ^ Central Asian Geopolitical Review (2024). 'Water, Power, and the Frozen Conflict in Irad.' Academic Press, pp. 201–224.
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- Irad
- History of Irad
- Political status of Irad
- Territory of Irad (1992–2006)
- Foreign relations of Irad
- Geography of Irad
- Chu River Basin
- Talas River Hydrological Monitoring Service
- Northern Border Demarcation Protocol
- Chu Valley Irrigation Inspectorate
- Irad–Kazakhstan relations
- Talas River
- Glacier retreat in Irad