Ashgabat and Astana establish partnership to study consequences of earthquakes

Astana and Ashgabat plan to strengthen cooperation in macroseismic studies of the consequences of earthquakes that have occurred in the transboundary territories of the two countries. The partnership will also focus on training qualified specialists to conduct such research. It is also expected to exchange teachers and trainees to combine the experience of scientists and seismologists of Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan. This was reported by Orient news with reference to zakon.kz.

Activities to study the consequences of high seismic activity will be carried out within the framework of the law on ratification of the Agreement between Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan on cooperation in the areas of civil defense, as well as in the prevention and elimination of emergencies.

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