Israel to buy Turkish water

An Israeli delegation is currently paying a work visit to Ankara, chaired by the advisor of the cabinet Ivigore Ishaki and membership of Israelis from the foreign ministry, the ministry of waters and the waters committee in order to take final decisions relating to buying waters of Manfghat river.

The Turkish daily Millet quoted Mumtaz Tarafan, the director general of the Turkish water establishment as saying that the talks which started on Tuesday with the Israeli side lasted for 6 hours with the participation of officials from the ministries of energy and foreign affairs and the Turkish foreign trade advisory department.

Tarfan added that the Israeli technical team informed them that the final decision on buying water from Turkey will be taken before the end of next month, June, noting that the Turkish side stressed Ankara's readiness to provide all facilities to this effect.