Amman, Sept. 30 (Petra) — Minister of Environment Ayman Suleiman
held a meeting Wednesday with Iraqi Minister of Environment. Sarwa
Abdulwahid Qadir, during which they discussed ways to enhance
environmental cooperation between the two countries and address
shared environmental and climate challenges.

On the sidelines of the meeting of the Council of Arab Ministers
Responsible for Environmental Affairs, held at the headquarters of
the Arab League General Secretariat in Cairo, the two sides discussed
the most prominent environmental challenges facing Jordan and Iraq,
foremost among them the effects of climate change and the
repercussions of dust and sandstorms and the environmental, health,
and economic impacts they cause, affirming the importance of
enhancing coordination and exchanging expertise and experiences to
reduce the effects of these phenomena.

Both sides stressed the importance of exploring ways to mobilize
international support to enable the two countries to confront the
growing effects of climate change and dust and sandstorms, enhance
their capacity to adapt and respond to these challenges, and benefit
from available climate financing mechanisms.

The two sides also agreed to sign a memorandum of understanding
between the Jordanian and Iraqi environment ministries on the
sidelines of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations
Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP31), scheduled to be held
in the Turkish city of Antalya, to strengthen cooperation frameworks
and the exchange of expertise and knowledge in environmental and
climate fields of common interest.

The meeting comes within Jordan and Iraq’s keenness to enhance
bilateral cooperation and Arab coordination in confronting
environmental and climate challenges and developing joint efforts to
address the effects of climate change.

//Petra// AF