Turkish promises to improve Iraq's share of water

Baghdad - INA

The Minister of Water Resources, Mehdi Rashid Al-Hamdani, announced that the Turkish parliament approved the memorandum of understanding that obliges Turkey to release the fair water quota for Iraq, while Turkish Ambassador Fatih Yildiz confirmed that the water issue is cooperative.
Al-Hamdani told the news agency, which was followed by the Iraqi News Agency (INA), today, Sunday, that “the initial outputs through the Baghdad International Water Conference have become Iraq’s major role in water, as there is interest from Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi in the water file and his support for the ministry, and he has received me as a special envoy for him in The meetings yielded big and positive things. "
He added that "the Turkish special envoy confirmed that there are agreements on the horizon and memoranda of understanding will be in the near future," stressing that "the Turkish parliament has approved the memorandum of understanding that obliges Turkey to release a fair and equitable water share for Iraq."
He continued, "This issue was followed by an Iraqi executive protocol presented by the Iraqi government, where we achieved more than 5 to 6 meetings with the Turkish side during this period, and this did not happen for years," indicating that "there is support from Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan for Iraq."