Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Al-Sudani on Saturday called for urgent international intervention to save the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, due to years of water scarcity crisis.
Prime Minister Al-Sudani made the plea for “urgent international intervention” at the start of the two-day Baghdad International Water conference.
In addition, he also warned that a shortage of water compounded by climate change would have a substantial impact on Iraq’s economic development and environment, with wider ramifications for regional stability.
“Iraq is one of the countries that reels under the impact of the climate change and its environment has seen substantial effects that have had economic and social impacts,” he added.
“To save the Tigris and Euphrates we need an urgent international intervention from countries and organizations to help Iraq in this sensitive period of the history of its great rivers,” he said.
Source: Kuwait News Agency