{"id":55337,"date":"2021-03-02T19:37:14","date_gmt":"2021-03-02T19:37:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/?p=55337"},"modified":"2021-03-02T19:37:15","modified_gmt":"2021-03-02T19:37:15","slug":"iraq-and-turkey-about-to-sign-water-protocol-iraqi-official","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/55337\/","title":{"rendered":"Iraq and Turkey about to sign water protocol, Iraqi official"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>ERBIL, Iraq (North Press) \u2013<\/strong> The Iraqi Ministry of &nbsp;Water Resources indicated to the level of understandings with Turkey regarding the water issue and Iraq&#8217;s share.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It also talked about the development of coordination with the Syrian government and the exchange of information in this field. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Water is one of the most important issues at the present time, and the Iraqi government is focusing on it to resolve it with the neighboring countries&#8221;, Ali Radi, the Iraqi Water Resources Ministry spokesperson, told North Press.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Iraq is suffering from the same problem that the northeast Syria region is suffering from, after Turkey decreased the water level in the &nbsp;Euphrates, but it is not as important as the Tigris,&#8221; he added. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Radi stressed that Iraq has understandings with Syria, as coordination, especially at the technical level, has reached an advanced level.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He expressed Iraq&#8217;s hopes that the understanding with Syria would reflect on other countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He pointed out that Iraq and Turkey are about to sign a protocol to regulate the Iraqi share in the coming period, without revealing the time. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While Radi refused to say whether Turkey is using the water issue as a political pressure card or not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He just said &#8220;it is a further matter. 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