Syria and Turkey: MOU signed on river basin development

The Memorandum Of Understanding (MOU) signed last October 17th during President Bashar Al Assad's trip to Turkey, called for establishing cooperation on the Euphrates and Tigris basin based on sustainable water development and in this framework both sides will exchange visits, viewpoints and ideas.It added that efforts will be exerted to realize the proposed project to build joint dam on Orontes river as soon as possible and finalize the precocious warning system to avoid floods in this basin as well as exploring opportunities to develop joint irrigation projects in this region.