GCC meet seeks new strategy to solve environmental issues
Problems not confined to geographical borders
Growth
Meeting MUSCAT, July 28, (KUNA): A GCC committee held a meeting Wednesday with the Advisory Board of the Supreme Council, led by Dr Saeed Bin Abdullah Al Shaikh, where a new strategy will be implemented to solve environmental issues.
Dr Al Shaikh said in a statement that the committee was presented with a diagnosis of the current problems the environment is suffering from.
Dr Al Shaikh also stated that the GCC countries can protect the environment from risk through an individual and joint effort.
Environmental experts attended the meeting, where they gave a diagnosis of the current environmental issues, mainly, the degree and types of pollution in the desert, air, and sea.
The experts proceeded to address the reasons behind the pollution, and whether or not the growth and expansion of both residential and commercial areas are increasing the pollution.
The experts also addressed the effects of pollution on the air, and human and sea life.
The countries agreed that it is through a joint effort that they can bring an end to pollution, and better the health and quality of the environment.
Environmental problems are not confined to geographical borders; therefore, the entire Arabian Peninsula will benefit from the environmental health plan. In other news, the Kuwaiti delegation discussed measures to control climate change in a meeting with Chairman Senate of Pakistan Raza Rabbani, on Wesnesday.
The meeting was held on the sidelines of a two-day Asian Parliamentary Assembly (APA) meeting of standing committee on Economic and Sustainable Development Affairs in Pakistan’s federal capital Islamabad.
In an interview with KUNA after the meeting, the Kuwait delegation head MP Hmoud Mohammad Al-Hamdan told that matters of mutual interest were discussed during the meeting.
“We thanked the Senate of Pakistan for hosting the meeting and appriciated their efforts for regional cooperation in Asia,” said Al-Hamdan.
The MP further said we discussed the issue of climate change and environmental issues that have a negative impact on the population.
The Chairman Senate extended his greetings to the Emir of Kuwait, His Highness Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah. He extended an invitation to the Speaker of the state of Kuwait, Marzouq Ali al-Ghanim to visit Pakistan.
Al-Hamdan said that “Pakistan is an important Muslim country that has close ties to the Gulf states and we want to have benefits from its experiences in number of fields including technology and nuclear science.” Kuwaiti MP Dr Khalil Abdullah Apple, who is also a member of Kuwait delegation, told KUNA that Kuwait is an active member of APA and attends all its meetings.