인도와 이스라엘은 물절약, 물재활용 및 담수화와 관련한 협약을 모색하고 있다. 온라인 신문 라이브민트(Livemint)의 보도에 따르면 이스라엘 총리 Benjamin Netanyahu는 인도 대통령 Pranab Mukherjee에게 물절약 및 관련 분야는 양국간 협력에 대한 새로운 영역으로 발전해야 한다고 제안했다.

 

지난 10월 Mukherjee의 방문 및 올해 초 Sushma Swaraj 외무부 장관의 방문 이후의 1년을 가리키며 인도의 이스라엘 대사 David Carmon으로부터 최근 언론에 보도되었다.

 

 

 

India and Israel are looking to cooperate in water conservation, recycling and desalination.

 

According to a report in online newspaper, Livemint, Israel's prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, had, suggested to India's president, Pranab Mukherjee, that water conservation and related areas should be a new area of cooperation between the two countries.

 

Netanyahu's proposal was reported to the press recently by Israel's ambassador to India, David Carmon, as having come during Mukherjee's visit to the Israel in October last year and again during a visit by Indian foreign minister, Sushma Swaraj earlier this year.

 

Referring to the two countries' collaborations in defence and agriculture, Carmon was reported by Livemint as saying, "The next big thing we would like to do is in water. We are already engaged in this sector but the potential is enormous."

 

[출처 = Desalination & Water Reuse / 2016년 4월 5일]