The President of the Kurdistan Regional Government, Masrour Barzani, discussed with the Minister of Water Resources, Aoun Dhiab, ways to enhance coordination and cooperation between Erbil and Baghdad in the water field, stressing the importance of building new dams in Iraq and the Kurdistan region.
A statement by the regional government stated that this came during the reception of the President of the Kurdistan Regional Government to the Minister of Water in the city of Erbil.
During the meeting, they discussed strengthening coordination and cooperation mechanisms between the Kurdistan region and the federal government, especially in the field of water resources, in addition to paying attention to dams, renewing and rehabilitating them, and the importance of establishing new dams in Iraq and the Kurdistan region.
In another aspect of the meeting, the two sides discussed the need for concerted efforts between the two sides in order to confront water scarcity and the negative effects resulting from climate change./ End
Source: National Iraqi News Agency