Equipment and Water Minister Nizar Baraka met with the President of the Palestinian Water Authority, Mazen Ghunaim, at the UN headquarters in New York. This meeting, which took place on Wednesday on the sidelines of the United Nations Conference on Water (22-24 March), focused on the roadmap for the implementation of the Memorandum of Understanding signed in 2015 to strengthen cooperation between Morocco and Palestine in the field of water resources.
The two parties also discussed sharing Morocco’s successful experiences and expertise in the field of water management with the State of Palestine.
Baraka led the Moroccan delegation to this international conference, which focuses on the mid-term review of the implementation of the goals of the Decade of Action for Water 2018-2028, proclaimed by the UN General Assembly in December 2016.
During the plenary session of the conference, the Minister highlighted the main lines of the strategy implemented by Morocco in the field of integrated water resources management.
In particular, he stressed that Morocco, under the leadership of HM King Mohammed VI, has been able to meet its water needs through its national policy, thanks in particular to the development of infrastructure.
Source: Agency Morocaine De Presse