Deputy Speaker of the Council of Representatives, Dr. Shakhwan Abdullah, is discussing managing the water file with the Ministry of Water Resources and ways to ensure Iraq’s share of neighboring countries .

 

 

🖋.. The Deputy Speaker of the Iraqi Council of Representatives, Dr. Shakhwan Abdullah Ahmed, received in his official office in Baghdad today, Tuesday 15/8/2023, the Administrative Undersecretary of the Ministry of Water Resources, Mr. Raed Al-Jashami, and the Technical Undersecretary, Engineer Hussein Abdul-Amir Bakkah. The meeting was attended by the advisor to the Deputy Speaker, Prince Ezz Al-Arab Al-Hamiri, and they discussed the issue of managing the water file and ways to ensure water releases of Iraq’s share by neighboring countries, covering the needs of the stock and the agricultural sector.

 

🔸 The Deputy Speaker stressed the continued support of the Council of Representatives for the efforts of the Ministry of Water Resources with the legislation and laws in force, and the need for neighboring countries to adhere to international agreements and treaties in order to secure Iraq’s share of water, pointing to the importance of using modern means in irrigation and implementing awareness programs to rationalize water and preserve its sources.

 

Media Office of the Deputy Speaker of the Iraqi Council of Representatives

Tuesday, August 15, 2023