INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
border Helmand River.The Ministry of Energy has held meetings with Afghan officials, but has gained no positive results, ISNA quoted
Salagheqeh as saying on Saturday.Iran has asked Afghanistan to be committed to the 1973 Helmand River Water Treaty, according to which Iran
should receive 820 million cubic meters of water from the Helmand River.The Iranian deputy energy minister for water affairs Mohammad
Javanbakht said in June that the Taliban-led government in Kabul should do more to implement the terms of the agreement
Water Treaty since the start of the current water year in October, Press TV reported.Iran has asked Afghanistan to be committed to the 1973
Helmand River Water Treaty, according to which Iran should receive 820 million cubic meters of water from the Helmand River.On July 12,
Tehran played host to a conference of ministers and officials from 11 countries, aiming to boost cooperation for resolving extant
environmental problems, especially sand and dust storms.Environment ministers of Iraq, Armenia, the United Arab Emirates, Oman, Syria, and
Qatar, as well as deputy ministers of Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan along with delegations from Turkey and Uzbekistan, participated in the
unfortunately part of the environmental crises that the region is facing is due to the wars that have occurred in the region over the last
stability, and sustainable security in the region and avoid war
The second part of it refers to the issue of water diplomacy and this is an issue that is on the agenda of the foreign ministry and the
issue three times in person and several times over the phone with Amir Khan Muttaqi, the acting Minister of Foreign Affairs of Afghanistan's
Raisi emphasized this issue twice in his recent meeting with Mr
Erdogan and said that this is not an issue that we can easily ignore and we expect you not to reduce Iran's water rights from the Aras
River, and this is the right of the Iranian people and should be taken into consideration
