On the sidelines of a meeting with the visiting Algerian Minister of Water Resources and Environment Abdelwahab Nouri, Iran’s Energy Minister Hamid Chitchian told the reporters “new firms will begin activities on organizing and examining the status of water resources in collaboration with the private sector.”
During the meeting, the two ministers discussed mutual cooperation in management of water resources and sewage treatment.
Chitchian said the companies will be formed within the framework of joint venture between the two countries focusing on areas of water studies, dams, construction of irrigation networks, wastewater as well as creation of required equipment; “on the other hand, the ministry staff of the two countries will be provided with necessary facilities to hold joint training courses.”