Current Environmental Situation Can Be Changed By Joining Efforts With UN - Minister
Date
3/16/2023 5:36:42 AM
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) AGHDAM, Azerbaijan, March 16. We
believe that we will be able to change the current environmental
situation through close cooperation with the UN agencies,
Azerbaijan's Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources Mukhtar
Babayev said during strategic consultations on cooperation between
Azerbaijan and the UN, held in Aghdam, trend reports.
'We have repeatedly appealed in connection with
environmental hazards and the critical condition of the
transboundary Okhchuchay river, and other rivers in the region,' he
said.
According to him, there was no specific or substantial
response addressing how to resolve these issues and stop
pollution.
'It was a missed opportunity to solve transboundary
water problems. But we still believe that by working closely with
UN agencies, we can change the current situation,' Babaev
added.
Azerbaijan's Agdam hosts strategic consultations on
cooperation between Azerbaijan and the UN.
The event is attended by the heads of Azerbaijan's
Ministries of Ecology and Natural Resources, Agriculture, and
Health, the State Committee on Urban Planning and Architecture, the
State Committee for Family, Women, and Children, the Azerbaijan
National Agency for Mine Action (ANAMA), Special Representatives of
the President of Azerbaijan, employees of the Presidential
Administration represented in the Interdepartmental Center
operating under the Coordination Headquarters, as well as senior
officials of the offices of UN agencies operating in
Azerbaijan.
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