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    ARMENIA TO HELP IRAN SAVE DRYING LAKE

    armradio.am
    02.08.2012 15:47

    A senior Iranian official announced that Iran is enlisting Armenia's
    aid to resolve the rapid drying of Lake Oroumiyeh.

    MohammadJavad Mohammadzadeh, the head of Iran's Environment Protection
    Organization, announced today that Iran and Armenia have agreed on
    transferring water from Armenia to counter the critical fall in Lake
    Oroumiyeh's water levels, Eurasia Review reports.

    He remarked that hot weather and a lack of precipitation have brought
    the lake to its lowest water levels ever recorded.

    Armenia and Iran recently signed an agreement to cooperate on
    environmental projects.

    Iran maintains that the drying of Lake Oroumiyeh would be a "national
    environmental catastrophe" that could also have adverse effects on
    neighbouring countries.

    Iranian officials have reported that half of the lake, a surface area
    of more than 3,000 square kilometres, has dried up and turned into
    salt fields.



    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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