Yerevan/Mediamax/. Turkey and Iran continue talks on transferring water from the Van Lake to Urmia Lake.
Director of Urmia Restoration Program Isa Kalantari said Tasnim News agency that Van is located on 350 meters higher altitude than Urmia which will enable implementing the project without any technical difficulties.
Van and Urmia are 170 km away from each other.
The technical and political talks on project implementation estimated at USD1bln are going on between the two states.
Earlier, President of Iran Hassan Rouhani created a task force for saving the lake.
The Lake Urmia shoaled in the northwest Iran by over 70%. To save the lake, 3.1bln cubic meters of water is annually needed. The liter of water in the lake currently contains 330g salt. Earlier, the index made 160-170g.
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