On April 28, the five Central Asian states met to discuss water issues in a summit in Almaty. To no one’s surprise, no agreements of substance were signed. Instead, the leaders bickered and stalled, and in the end, signed an agreement that did not address regional water management.
Continuing to provoke its neighbors, on April 30, Uzbekistan erected a signpost on a disputed Kyrgyz border town. Apparently, the Kyrgyz authorities have not contested the claim, while Uzbek security and provincial authorities have moved in.