The chairman of the Arab Ministerial Council for Water stresses the importance of establishing a framework to deal with water and food crises.

Mr. Khaled Al-Fadhel, Minister of Petroleum, Electricity and Water of Kuwait, Chairman of the Arab Ministerial Council on Water, stressed that it was important to put in place establishes a genuine Arab framework for constructive cooperation, policy coherence and access to joint programs and projects to overcome current challenges related to water and food crises in the region Arab. Arab Ministers of Water and Agriculture.

This is what Ambassador Ahmed Al-Bakr, Permanent Representative of Kuwait to the League of Arab States, told the joint meeting of Arab Ministers of Agriculture and Trade. Water, which was held Thursday at the headquarters of the Arab League, attended by ministers and representatives of Arab countries, experts and senior officials from Arab countries, Finance and donor countries.

Al-Fadhel stressed that it is important to find solutions and to attract investment and financing opportunities for agricultural water management and to improve the efficiency of its use. Arab countries want to monitor and implement the 2030 Sustainable Development Plan and achieve their economic, social and environmental goals and ensure the continued positive interdependence of food, water and energy.

He pointed out that the water situation in the Arab countries forces us to face many challenges, including the scarcity of water resources and their limits given the continued growth of the population, the lack of water and the water supply. urban sprawl and economic growth, pointing out that the risks associated with climate and its obvious consequences resulting from the scarcity of rainfall, increasing drought and desertification have dimmed. The economic, social and environmental situation in the Arab region has directly affected all Arab citizens and created new challenges for the future, which requires more effort and conservation of water resources and continuity for generations to come. come.

The chairman of the Arab Ministerial Council of Water for which the agricultural sector is one of the most water – related sectors does not activate agricultural projects and n & # 39; does not increase productivity and economic growth is tangible and achieves food security only with the existence of practices and mechanisms to improve the management of water resources and to promote Efficiency of water use in agriculture.

Al-Fadhel said that the Arab world is currently facing a food deficit, which is the largest in the world, given the growing and huge food needs, on the one hand, the scarcity of water resources and the degradation of agricultural land.

He stressed that the food deficit in the Arab region necessitated the establishment of sound policies aimed at improving the management of water resources and its development through the establishment of mechanisms and practices of coordination between water resources. water and agriculture sectors, as well as research investment and financing solutions to support the self-sufficiency of the Arab world and minimize the existing food deficit.

He stressed that the League of Arab States was constantly seeking to coordinate the water and agricultural sectors, as called for by the Arab Ministerial Council on Water, to create a permanent joint technical committee composed of senior officials from the water and agriculture sectors. water and agriculture, in order to institutionalize the coordination efforts of both sectors.