Syria and Iraq Agree to Strengthen Cooperation on Shared Water Resources of Euphrates River
Syria’s Ministry of Energy and Iraq’s Ministry of Water Resources have signed the minutes of a bilateral technical meeting, agreeing to strengthen cooperation on managing shared water resources, including activating trilateral coordination with Türkiye over cross-border water flows along the Euphrates River.
Damascus: According to Raaz News I According to a statement by Syria’s Ministry of Energy, the agreement includes several measures, most notably activating trilateral coordination between Syria, Iraq, and Türkiye on transboundary water issues related to the Euphrates River, as well as establishing joint hydrological monitoring stations along the river.
The two sides also agreed to enhance the exchange of water-related data and information, conduct regular joint water-quality tests, and expand technical cooperation, capacity-building, and expertise-sharing in water resource management, dam monitoring, and dam operations.
The statement added that both sides would prepare for the next meeting in a trilateral format, with Türkiye participating, in March 2027.