The European Parliament held a joint session of its committees (Delegations) on Iran, Afghanistan and Central Asia at Strasbourg on 14 March 2018 based on the SFG Water Cooperation Quotient. It was also attended by the Parliament officials and diplomats of the countries under discussion in Brussels. SFG President was invited to address the joint session by VoIP from Mumbai.

The chairs of the European Parliament Delegations opened the discussion with reference to the importance of the Water Cooperation Quotient. SFG briefed the Members of European Parliament on recent positive changes in water relations between Central Asian countries, following the summit meeting between Presidents of Uzbekistan and Tajikistan, which led to a breakthrough on cooperation in the construction of Rogun Dam and the use of hydro-electricity for Central Asia. SFG mentioned recent expression of interest in cooperation with Afghanistan and Iraq, emerging from Iran. As these developments are new, there is a need to consolidate them. There was also discussion on security threats to dams in Afghanistan from terrorists associated with Taliban.