Water Resources Ministry: Government measures have contributed to improving the water situation in Iraq

Baghdad-INA
The Ministry of Water Resources confirmed on Friday, that the government has pushed the water file to be a sovereign file, noting that the government has strengthened the water negotiating team with professional figures.
 
Ministry spokesman, Khaled Shamal, told the Iraqi News Agency (INA): “The current government paid attention to the water file so it is a sovereign file and not just a technical or diplomatic one, and it strengthened the Iraqi negotiating team with professional figures to obtain water quotas from neighboring countries.”
 
He added, "Prime Minister Muhammad Shiaa Al-Sudani's visits to neighboring countries and the media's handling of the water file pushed the negotiation file to advanced stages with neighboring countries," explaining that "in the near future will be realistic steps toward Iraq's water shares."
 
He continued, "The water situation in Iraq faces three challenges, the first of which is: Iraq's high dependence on water imported from outside Iraq, which constitutes 70% of total revenues the second is the climate changes that caused the last four years to be scarce with little rainfall the third is It is Iraq's delay in moving towards modern agriculture and advanced methods of opinion,” noting that “the government measures taken have contributed to improving the Iraqi water situation.”
 
Shamal continued, “Prime Minister emphasized the implementation of a modern irrigation system, to enhance support for agriculture and reduce waste."