Turkish - Israeli meeting to discuss selling Turkish waters to Israel

Turkish officials held yesterday a meeting with an Israeli delegation visiting Turkey to hold the first round of talks about the possibility of entering in a project to export the water of the Turkish Manvigat River to Israel.

The Turkish Foreign Ministry said in a statement released today that a meeting was held yesterday at the headquarters of the Turkish Foreign Ministry between the deputy of the ministry's consultant, Medhat Balkan, and his Israeli counterpart, Yuvin Beiran, who is visiting Turkey, during which they held talks about the project.

The statement said officials from the Turkish water affairs body presented the Israeli side information concerning the sort and quantity of the Manvigat River's water and which will be included in the deal. In addition, they exchanged views about the cost of this project.