Minister of Water Resources Aoun Dhiab participated today, Monday, in the Sixth Arab Water Forum in Abu Dhabi, to discuss sustainable management of water resources and adaptation to resilience to climate change.
The Ministry said in a statement, “Dhiab and the accompanying delegation participated in the activities of the Sixth Arab Water Forum in Abu Dhabi in the high-level ministerial dialogue session held under the title of addressing regional water challenges and in the presence of a group of ministers of water resources and energy in Arab countries, which included ministerial dialogues on discussing sustainable management of water resources and adaptation to resilience to climate change that affected the Middle East and the Arab region in particular, modern innovations and cooperation for water security in the Arab region, and the challenges facing the region were highlighted, and joint cooperation between Arab countries was urged.”
It added that “the session included discussions in which Dhiab referred
to the most important internal and external challenges facing Iraq, such as water shortages from upstream countries, climate impacts, and the ministry’s effective plans for managing water resources and how to secure the large and increasing needs with the increase in population and agricultural lands,” pointing to “the serious approach in the field of water rationalization and the use of modern irrigation methods, and the ambitious planned projects represented by the establishment of a large group of water harvesting dams to benefit from floods in the rainy season.”
Dhiab stressed, according to the statement, “the necessity of supporting Arab brothers by supporting Iraq’s water rights with neighboring countries due to the great challenge facing us in this regard.”
Source: National Iraqi News Agency