TEHRAN – Iran and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) will discuss environmental issues, especially renewable energy.
Department of Environment (DOE) Secretary General Shina Ansari will travel to the UAE for a two-day visit on Wednesday at the invitation of UAE Vice President Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, IRNA reported.
Officials met on the sidelines of the United Nations Climate Change Conference COP29, held from November 11 to 22, 2024 in Baku, Azerbaijan.
The two countries have already signed two memorandums of understanding on environmental protection and sandstorm countermeasures, and are paving the way for the implementation of the agreements.
Additionally, Ansari is scheduled to meet with other Emirati officials, including Amna bint Abdullah Al Dahak Al Shamsi, Minister of Climate Change and Environment. Suhail Mohamed Al Mazrouei, Minister of Energy; Sultan Al Jaber, Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology;
Iran prioritizes environmental policy
According to former Department of Environment (DOE) Secretary Ali Sarajeke, environmental diplomacy is the country’s top political diplomacy priority.
One of the steps taken by the Iranian government to develop its environmental diplomacy was to hold a regional summit on sandstorm countermeasures in 2022.
The conference was attended by ministers and representatives of regional countries and six international organizations, and its final statement was approved as the Tehran Declaration.
In view of the increasing occurrence of dust storms in the region and the environmental statement on strengthening environmental diplomacy, the current government has announced a regional and aims to support global interaction.
Exchange regional and global experience in the environmental field, promote interaction, lay the foundation for benefiting from global experience and modern knowledge, attract resources, strengthen capacities and advance national interests. Part of this includes participating in environmental negotiations at various levels to ensure that Regarding the current government’s environmental policy.
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