INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Iran&s foreign minister has said that his country will not forgo even a drop of its water in accordance with its water rights agreement with
Afghanistan.Hossein Amirabdollahian made the remarks while briefing the Iranian Parliament&s Agriculture Committee, local media reported.&We
will not give up even a drop of the Iranian nation&s historical share of its water rights,& Amirabdollahian.He said Iran and Turkey have
established a joint committee to sort out differences over their share of water in the Aras River in northwestern Iran that runs from
eastern Turkey.Iran has strongly opposed Afghanistan&s damming of its transboundary rivers
It has accused Kabul of denying it of its water rights.Officials of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) have said that they are
committed to Iran&s water rights according to a treaty signed in 1973 and that there will not be a new accord in this regard.In 1973, Iran
and Afghanistan signed a water-sharing accord on the Helmand River, under which Afghanistan would provide Iran with 22 cubic meters per
second of water with an option to purchase an additional 4 cubic meters per second for &goodwill and brotherly relations.&The post Iran
won&t give up even a drop of its water rights: FM first appeared on Ariana News.
