Indonesian Ambassador in Cairo, Lutfi Rauf, has called for greater co-operation in addressing environmental problems.
“Indonesia is obligated to protect the environment,” Ambassador Rauf said. “Environmental issues cannot be addressed individually by each country.”
He added at an international conference on the occasion of the Arab Environment Day at the College of Pharmacy at Ain Shams University in Cairo on Saturday that his country is developing palm oil as an alternative to new and renewable energy to strengthen its energy security.
“Indonesia is also developing a 20,000-hectare green industrial park in North Kalimantan, east of Borneo Island,” he added.
The diplomat said that Indonesia had demonstrated its commitment in this regard at a large number of international forums.
He noted that Indonesia would participate in the 26th UN Conference of the Parties (COP 26) on Climate Change in Glasgow, Scotland, between 1 and 12 November this year.
Ambassador Rauf referred to the challenges facing the financing of energy security and environmental conservation programmes.
He invited foreign investors, including from Egypt and other Arab countries, to invest in the new and renewable energy sector.
The Indonesian government, he said, tries to develop the battery industry that would become an alternative energy for vehicles in the future.
The conference adopted the slogan “Smart Environment and Dignified Life”. It was organised by the Arab Union for Sustainable Development and the Environment.
The Arab Environment Day is marked on October 14 every year.
Representatives of the Arab Union for Sustainable Development and Environment attended the conference along with the ambassadors of Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, Malaysia, Chad and Sweden.
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