Pepe: Potable Water Resources Are Very Important For Future Of World

BAKU - "Potable water resources are very important in regard to the future of the world," said Turkish Environment & Forestry Minister Osman Pepe in a meeting with Azerbaijani Ecology & Natural Resources Minister Huseyngulu Bagirov in Baku.
Stating that all countries should focus on the area of potable water, Pepe stressed, "2 billion people don`t have potable water in the world."
In regard to bilateral relations between Turkey and Azerbaijan, Pepe noted that there were joint projects in the areas of environment, forestry and meteorology.
On the other hand, Bagirov remarked that they wanted to cooperate with Turkey in regard to construction of refining plants.