President Ilham Aliyev orders additional measures to improve drinking water supply in Nakhchivan

BAKU, Azerbaijan, February 24. President of the
Republic of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, has signed a decree on extra measures to enhance the supply
of ingesting water to the inhabitants within the Nakhchivan Autonomous
Republic, Pattern
experiences.

Guided by paragraph 32 of Article 109 of the Structure of the
Republic of Azerbaijan, and in step with the Motion Plan for
2026−2030 on making certain the environment friendly use of water sources within the
Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic, authorized by Presidential Order
quantity 942 dated February 21, 2026, the top of state resolved to
improve ingesting water provide in a number of settlements throughout the
autonomous republic.

Below the decree, the Azerbaijan State Water Assets Company,
in coordination with the Approved Consultant Workplace of the
President of Azerbaijan within the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic, will
take the required measures for the preparation of design and
estimate documentation, drilling, and making certain ingesting water
provide by way of 40 sub-artesian wells in 38 settlements with a
inhabitants exceeding 80,000 folks, as specified within the annex to
the doc.

The fee established beneath the Presidential Order dated
April 15, 2020, on measures associated to making sure the environment friendly use
of water sources, has been tasked with coordinating the
implementation of the actions outlined within the doc.

The Cupboard of Ministers of the Republic of Azerbaijan and the
approved consultant workplace of the president within the Nakhchivan
Autonomous Republic are instructed to resolve points arising from
the order.

Moreover, the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Financial system
of the Republic of Azerbaijan have been tasked with taking the
needed measures to finance the implementation of the actions
envisaged within the doc.

The decree was signed in Baku, Azerbaijan, on February 24,
2026.