Baghdad, Aug. 12 -- Iraq is facing an acute water shortage amid severe drought and reduced water inflows from neighboring countries, Mahdi Damad, an adviser to the country's agriculture ministry, told Sputnik.
"The inability to deliver drinking water to the provinces and the depletion of groundwater reserves pose a serious danger. In 2019, reserves reached 65 billion cubic meters thanks to rains ... Now the water inflow from neighboring countries (Iran and Turkey) is extremely insignificant, and there is very little rain," Damad said.
Iraq needs to create a competent negotiating group for dialogue with its neighbors to ensure that the country has enough water resources, he added.
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