Ministerial Meeting 

On the first day of the Forum, ministers and high-level decision makers from countries of the Forum‘s focal regions met at the Conrad Istanbul Hotel to share their visions on common water challenges and explore areas of cooperation at the Ministerial Meeting organized by the Foreign Relations and EU Department of the Ministry of Environment and Forestry. During the meeting, ministers, representatives of international institutions and top-level water executives discussed the topics essential in overcoming global, regional and local water challenges.

The primary objective of the Ministerial Meeting was to stimulate political will toward taking action regarding regional water challenges. The meeting also aimed at convening top water executives to discuss opportunities for regional cooperation and identify concrete actions.

Click here to view the Ministerial Meeting Chair's Summary.      

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Participant List

Aoun Diab ABDULLAH, Director General of the National Center for Water Resources, Republic of Iraq

Saad ABU HAMMOUR, Secretary General of Jordan Valley Authority, Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan

Ali Çetin AMCAOĞLU, Minister of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC)

Javad AMIN-MANSOUR, Head of the Department for Trade Negotiations and Energy at Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Islamic Republic of Iran

Shaddad ATTILI, Head of Palestinian Water Authority, Palestinian National Authority

Danica BACANOVIC, Assistant Minister of Environment, Republic of Serbia

Rashid Ahmed BIN FAHAD, Minister of Environment and Water, United Arab Emirates

Arben DEMETI, Deputy Minister of Environment, Forests and Water Administration, Republic of Albania Veysel EROĞLU, Minister of Forestry and Water Works, Republic of Turkey

Loic FAUCHON, President, World Water Council 

Issoufou ISSAKA, Minister of Hydraulic and Environment, Republic of Niger

Ziyadin JAMALDINOV, Chief of State Committee for Water Management and Land Improvement, Republic of Kyrgyzstan

Vladimir NIKANOROV, Deputy Head of Federal Water Resources Agency, Russian Federation

Razley Mohd NORDIN, Director General of Science and Technology Committee, Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC)

Sultan RAHIMOV, First Deputy Minister of Land Reclamation and Water Resources, Republic of Tajikistan

Walid SHILTAGH, Head of the Department for Neighbouring Countries at Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Iraq

Mustapha SINACEUR, Sub-regional Coordinator for Central Asia, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Ivelina VASILEVA, Deputy Minister of Environment and Water, Republic of Bulgaria

Mukhtar ZHAKENOV, Head of the Department for Regulation of Use and Protection of Water Resources at Ministry of Agriculture, Republic of Kazakhstan

Merah ZIDANE, Secretary General of Algerian Water Resources Ministry, People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria