Tunisia, Algeria, and Libya have signed an agreement on the creation of a consultation mechanism around common groundwater in the North of the Sahara.
The creation of this consultation mechanism aims to deepen knowledge on groundwater in the North of the Sahara and intensify the exchange of data on them.
This mechanism will work within a well-defined legal framework and will have its own headquarters, which establishes the interest of the three countries, as well as the sovereignty of each country over the water resources it contains, underlined, in substance, the Minister of Algerian Irrigation.
The signing of this memorandum of understanding is not a symbolic act, but an illustration of our serious desire to work together to preserve these vital resources for our future generations underlined the Tunisian Minister of Agriculture.
Libya attaches great importance to its water resources and works to develop them, to promote sustainable development. The Libyan State is also striving to strengthen joint Maghreb action, through the exchange of data and information, intending to preserve such resources, added the delegate of the Libyan Ministry of Water Resources.
The signing of this agreement comes on the sidelines of the Tunisia – Algeria and Libya tripartite meeting held in Algiers in the middle of the week, around the underground water resources of the Northern Sahara.
