Turkish- Israel water pipeline agreement finaly taking place

[Orrin_73]

Its nice to see that Turkey and Israel are working together. Hopefully this agreement can bring other countries to an agreement, where the ultimate goal of this agreement could be peace in the ME. Most ME nations have water shortages so cooperation is the only solution and sharing this water can bring it.The Turks already termed the phrase "baris suyu" peace water for this project.
Turkey-Israel water pipe examined


Israel, Turkey looking into revising water agreement signed last year; Infrastructure Minister Ben-Eliezer holds meetings in Ankara on issue

During his visit to Ankara, the minister brought up the issue of purchasing water from Turkey. The Turkish work teams said that Manavgat,
the plant producing the undamaged water to be exported to Israel as part of the political agreement between the countries, is about to be privatized. Therefore, the Turks said, they believe the agreement will need to be revised.

In March 2004, Israel and Turkey signed a "political agreement" (rather than a commercial one,) according to which Israel will import 50 million cubic meters of drinking water per year from Turkey over a 20-year period.

Ben-Eliezer said that "Beyond the current agreement, we made it clear to the Turkish representatives that there is room to examine the possibility of building a water channel from Turkey to Israel, which is more profitable than a sea transport, but this would entail the Turks to assist in securing other clients, such as the Palestinian Authority, Jordan and Lebanon."