Riyadh– Ministers concerned with the environment affairs in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) for the Arab States today held their 24th meeting online under the presidency of the Minister of Environment, Water and Agriculture in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (the chair state) Eng. Abdulrahman Al-Fadhley and the participation of GCC Secretary General Dr. Nayef Al-Hajraf.
The ministers congratulated leaders of GCC countries for the success of the current 42nd session of the GCC Supreme Council and for their big care and attention for the GCC process, mainly at the environmental level.
They also congratulated the United Arab Emirates for its being chosen to host COP28, stressing their support and assistance to efforts in hosting this session, as well as supporting Egypt’s efforts to host COP27.
The ministers discussed steps to implement the Supreme Council’s 2020 decisions related to environmental trends for GCC countries, implementing the strategic plan for the committee of ministers of environment affairs, the latest developments on launching the Gulf environmental gate, in addition to latest development on work progress in the green GCC initiative projects, international agreements concerned with the environment, and went over cooperation projects with the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, the Kingdom of Morocco, the European Union, and Pakistan in the environment field.
Source: Saudi Press Agency
