On the water issue between Syria and Turkey

The Turkish daily al-Zaman ( the Times) said on Monday that the water problem which has been suspended between Turkey and Syria since several years started to approach its end as the Syrian minister of irrigation will next week hold a visit to Turkey with the aim to benefit from its expertise concerning Atatourk dam and the GAP project, which are one of the most pending problems between the two countries.

The paper added that the visit of the Syrian minister constitutes an important opportunity to that the GAP project will be no more a regional problem, noting that during this visit, a joint cooperation agreement will be signed in the field of technical training and reciprocated qualification of cadres and providing Syria with GAP's experiences to benefit from them in developmental projects which will be carried by Syria in its own region.