The State of Libya chaired for the first time from the headquarters of the General Secretariat of the League of Arab States, today, Wednesday, during a meeting that was held under the chairmanship of the Minister of Water Resources of the Government of National Unity, Tareq Abu Fleeqa, for the 14th session of the Arab Ministerial Water Council, which was received from the State of Lebanon.
During the Council’s new session, 26 topics were discussed dealing with various aspects of joint Arab action with regard to water, and the agenda included an item on the practices of the Israeli occupation authority in stealing Arab water in the occupied Syrian Golan, southern Lebanon and the occupied Palestinian territories, as well as ways to develop the water sector in Palestine and support Iraq’s rights regarding the preservation of water resources in the Tigris and Euphrates basins.
The meeting also discussed the possibility of the participation of some Arab companies specialized in reclamation work and the implementation of dams and hydraulic facilities in water projects in Arab countries with available energy, in addition to the Arab preparation for the 10th World Water Forum in Indonesia for the year 2023, Arab cooperation in the exploitation of shared water resources, and the regional initiative for interconnection between energy sectors. Water and food in the Arab countries and their activities.
Abu Fleeqa continued the implementation of the executive plan for the water security strategy in the Arab region to meet the challenges and future requirements of sustainable development, in addition to the 2030 sustainable development with regard to water.