Iran. Turkey Agree on Water Cooperation

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Iran and Turkey have agreed to create joint committees for water affair and other related cooperation on power resources.

Iran`s Energy Minister Reza Ardakanian held a meeting with Turkey`s Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Bekir Pakdemirli in Ankara. Trend reports citing ILNA.

The two signed a Memorandum of Understanding to create a joint committee for water cooperation and agreed to exchange data and technology and to run bilateral and multilateral cooperation on affairs of the Araz trans-boundary river and border waters.

Ardakanian also had a meeting with Turkey`s Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Fatih Donmez during the 5th Meeting of High Council for Iran-Turkey Strategic Cooperation.

`Turkey seeks to increase the electricity trade from the current 600 megawatts to 1.050 megawatts until 2020.` Ardakanian said.

The two officials agreed to form a joint committee in electricity and power transfer. renewable energy plants and electricity market in ECO region.