Shafaq News/ The Ministry of Environment, denied on Tuesday, the news, about its meeting with an Israeli delegation on the sidelines of the Conference on Climate Change, held in South Africa recently, indicating that it will sue the media which "fabricated  " the news.The deputy Environment Minister Kamal Hussein said to "Shafaq  News", "news that spoke about a meeting with our delegation and the Israeli delegation at the Climate Change Conference held in South Africa recently are unfounded."It is said that some media quoted, earlier, the source of an Iraqi diplomat in South Africa did not give his name said a delegation from the Iraqi Ministry of Environment held talks with the Israeli delegation at the UN climate-related exchange of experiences in the field of desertification and water.Hussein said that "the delegations that met with them on the sidelines of the conference was mostly from Arab countries, including the Palestinian delegation."The Deputy Minister said that "the Ministry of the Environment and the process of filing a lawsuit against  Alsharqia TV channel, and the Ur Agency news for their news fabrication about our delegation to meet with the Israelis."

The United Nations has sponsored, earlier this month, a conference on climate change and methods of control in the city of Durban, South Africa and Iraq was among the countries participating in this conference