NNA - Caretaker Minister of Energy and Water, Walid Fayyad, left Beirut yesterday evening heading to Iraq to participate in the "Third Baghdad International Water Conference", which deals with water scarcity in the region in general and in Iraq in particular, as well as the issue of cross-border water diplomacy.

His visit comes in response to an official invitation from the Iraqi Minister of Water Resources. Dr. Aoun Abdullah.
 
On the sidelines of the conference, Minister Fayyad will hold several meetings with Iraqi officials and his counterparts, Iraqi Oil Minister Hayan Abdul Ghani and Water Resources Minister, Dr. Aoun Abdullah, to discuss files of common interest.

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