Environment Minister Yasmin Fouad
conferred with Tajik Ambassador to Egypt Zarobiddin Kosimi and his accompanying
delegation on means to boost cooperation in the field of environmental work and
activate a memorandum of understanding inked between Egypt and Tajikistan in
2019.
During the meeting on Tuesday, Fouad
appreciated cooperation between both countries to support environmental work in
the different domains and issues before and during COP 27.
The memo inked in 2019 aimed at
activating cooperation in a number of issues of mutual interest including
adaptation, decarbonization, biological diversity and protecting the
environmental systems in addition to means of benefiting from water and using
it in agriculture.
She pointed to the importance of
working on the issues of water, especially the problems of increased soil
salinity and underground water which directly affect the agricultural lands and
food security.
She asserted Egypt’s keenness on
launching the food security initiative in cooperation with the FAO and the EPAP
to solve the problem of the impact of climate change on agriculture and all the
related issues.
Meanwhile, Kosimi lauded the efforts
exerted by Fouad to protect the environment at the global level and lauded the
success of COP27.
Source: Egypt Today