DUBAI: Iraq and Syria signed an agreement on Saturday to regulate water resources between the two countries, state news agency INA reported.
Iraq’s Minister of Water Resources, Mahdi Rashid Al-Hamdani, and his Syrian counterpart, Tammam Raad, signed a joint agreement to exchange data related to the imports of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers “periodically and in emergency situations."
The pact also includes the creation of technical committees and unification of positions regarding the quantities of water received at the Turkish-Syrian border.
The two sides also agreed to a joint cooperation, an exchange in experiences, an increase in bilateral technical and administrative meetings as well as sharing the effects of the decline in water imports and the impact of climate change.
Syria, Iraq sign agreement to regulate water resources between the two countries
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Syria, Iraq sign agreement to regulate water resources between the two countries
Al-Sharaa and Kurdish leader Barzani discuss implementing SDF ceasefire agreement
- Both leaders highlighted the importance of cooperation to promote stability in Syria and the region
- Syrian government and Kurdish-led SDF agreed to a comprehensive ceasefire and a phased integration last week
LONDON: President of the Syrian Arab Republic Ahmad Al-Sharaa and Kurdistan Democratic Party leader Masoud Barzani discussed recent developments in Syria during a phone call.
Al-Sharaa reiterated the Syrian state’s commitment to the national, political, and civil rights of the Kurds, emphasizing that all Syrians are equal before the law and enjoy equal rights, according to the Syrian Arab News Agency.
Barzani praised the comprehensive agreement between the Syrian government and the Syrian Democratic Forces and emphasized the need to implement it to ensure Syria’s unity and stability.
Both leaders highlighted the importance of cooperation to support the agreement’s implementation and promote stability in Syria and the region, the SANA added.
On Friday, the Syrian government and the Kurdish-led SDF agreed to a comprehensive ceasefire and a phased integration of military and administrative bodies into the Syrian state under a broad deal, following weeks of armed clashes.
