Iraq: Turkey shared the damage with us due to the scarcity of water, but unfortunately Iran has depr

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[size=52]Iraq: Turkey shared the damage with us due to the scarcity of water, but unfortunately Iran has deprived entire communities[/size]

[size=45]On Saturday, Minister of Water Resources Mahdi Rashid Al-Hamdani said that Turkey shared the damage with Iraq regarding water scarcity, but Iran did not take the initiative, but rather diverted rivers within its territory and deprived entire Iraqi communities of access to water.[/size]
[size=45]Al-Hamdani said in a press conference held today on the sidelines of his visit to the governorates of Najaf and Karbala, that Iraq is experiencing a water shortage for the third consecutive season, and certainly this scarcity has repercussions, including a decrease in storage levels, indicating that this is a natural thing that happens, and rain did not form in the Tigris and Euphrates basins.[/size]
[size=45]He added that scarcity occurs in Iraq, Syria, Turkey and Iran, but there is a global principle that upstream countries should deal with, which is sharing the damage, stressing that these countries have a scarcity and they have a low stock, and we also have a low stock, so they must share the damage.[/size]
[size=45]The Iraqi minister also indicated that Turkey worked to share the damage with us, but unfortunately Iran has not done so so far, and we expect a positive attitude from it.[/size]
[size=45]The minister explained that the neighbor Iran says: We are ready to negotiate, but the Iraqi government must announce its approval of the 1975 agreement, noting that this agreement contains a water protocol, and the rest of the original agreement contains political aspects and many things that need a political decision from the Iraqi government .[/size]
[size=45]Al-Hamdani added: When we discussed this issue when we visited Iran, accompanied by Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi, we told them: The problem is not the 1975 agreement, but the problem is that you are diverting rivers into your borders, stressing that changing the courses of these rivers and this in itself is an international violation. It is clear, and whatever the origin of the agreement, it does not give Iran the right to divert rivers.[/size]
[size=45]The minister stressed that the rivers must be restored to their previous condition, and Iran has not provided us with its water projects, and the situation with it is ambiguous to us.[/size]
[size=45]Al-Hamdani continued by saying: We are two neighboring countries, and the common tributaries are based on which communities in Iran and Iraq are established.[/size]
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