Hamdani said the Turkish ambassador to Baghdad's remarks about the waste of water in Iraq is false, provoking public opinion and a threat to social peace, the Foreign Ministry should summon the Turkish ambassador and submit a memorandum of protest.

"Turkey is not the guardian of Iraq and should give Iraq its fair share of water without interfering in its water policy according to international treaties," he said.

According to the Iraqi Minister of Water Resources, Turkey's continued protests about the waste of water in Iraq is an attempt to mix the cards, to give itself the right to reduce the share of Iraqi water.

Turkish Ambassador to Baghdad Ali Reza Gonay, in a series of tweets said that water is being wasted in Iraq, and serious measures must be taken in this regard, "solving the water crisis cannot be done through asking for more water, but through using it wisely, and we are ready to help."

Turkey has constructed many massive dams on the Euphrates and Tigris rivers that provide almost 100% of Iraq’s water needs. The dams have significantly reduced water following to Iraq and it has led to drying out many marshes.

Frequent dust storms, lack of precipitation, and successive drought has shown Iraqis the consequences of climate change.