Baghdad – IA
The Ambassador of the Republic of Iraq in Ankara, Majid Al-Lajmawi, confirmed at the moment, Tuesday, Iraq’s aspiration for strategic cooperation with Turkey within the water file.
The Iraqi Embassy in Ankara stated in an announcement – obtained by the (INA): “The Ambassador of the Republic of Iraq to Ankara, Majid Al-Lajmawi, obtained the Turkish President’s envoy for water affairs to Iraq, Faisal Aroglu, on the embassy constructing within the capital, Ankara.”
Al-Lajmawi burdened that “Iraq is wanting ahead to a strategic partnership and cooperation with its neighbor Turkey on the water file in a means that ensures the rights of the 2 nations,” stressing that “the water file constitutes a precedence in the middle of historic relations between the 2 nations.”
Al-Lajmawi reviewed, “the Iraqi authorities’s procedures for implementing the agreements and memorandums of understanding concluded between the 2 sides through the go to of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to Baghdad,” noting, “Prime Minister Muhammad Shia’ al-Sudani burdened the need of continuous communication with the Turkish facet in shifting ahead with the steps to implement the agreements.” In parallel, he directed the ministries involved with the memorandums of understanding to develop a transparent plan of motion, underneath the direct supervision of His Excellency, so as to speed up implementation.
He identified, “The significance of getting ready initiatives associated to water, which might be carried out collectively between the 2 nations, and specializing in strategic initiatives which can be within the curiosity of Iraq in the long run, so as to obtain the specified affect on the agricultural and water actuality in Iraq.”
For his half, the Particular Envoy affirmed “Turkey’s readiness to cooperate with Iraq,” explaining that “its doorways are open for dialogue and cooperation with the Iraqi technical committees involved with water affairs.”
He acknowledged, “The water difficulty is an element of energy between the 2 neighboring nations,” stressing, “the significance of accelerating the transition from outdated conventional irrigation to a complicated technique that might obtain a leap in implementing strategic initiatives for the water sector and water sources administration, provided that all the world goes via local weather change and inhabitants progress, thus rising demand.” On the water.”