Iran and South Korea Ink Water Treatment Deal

South Korean Deputy Minister of Environment Lee Min-ho and Iran's Deputy Energy Minister Rahim Maydani  signed a document. 

"The Koreans have valuable experiences in the field of environmental technology and water and wastewater management.

Hence, these MoUs were signed with the aim of transferring experiences, facilitating investment in Iran and manpower training," Maydani said.

Lee said his visit was a follow-up to South Korean President Park Geun-hye's tour of Iran in May to enhance cooperation between the two countries.

"Developing water and wastewater systems is one of Iran's priorities and we hope to help Iranian companies with further development of these technologies," Lee said, according to IRNA.

Iran faces an acute water shortage and water scarcity poses the most severe human security challenge in the country of more than 80 million.

The problem has cropped up after years of excessive damming of rivers, bad irrigation practices, drought and climate change. Wasteful consumption by residents and farmers has been draining most of the country's reserves.

Agriculture accounts for about 90 per cent of water consumption in Iran where much of it is being wasted.

Iran and South Korea signed a number of agreements in the fields of oil and gas, railroads, tourism, and technology when President Park visited Tehran with representatives of 236 companies and organizations.

Source: Malaysia Sun

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