Regional Environmental Protection: Chinese, Japanese and South Korean environment ministers hold talks
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China, Japan, and South Korea's annual Tripartite Environment Ministers Meeting closed today in Suzhou in the east of China. The three environment ministers discussed smog, sand storms, climate change and the implementation of Sustainable Development Goals. The ministers signed a joint statement and China and Japan signed a memorandum of cooperation on improving air quality.
LI GANJIE, MINISTER CHINESE MINISTRY OF ECOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENT "Environmental cooperation is the first and most fruitful cooperation among our three countries. It drew us together over 20 years to continuously exchange our thoughts and methods in combating difficulties in protecting the regional environment."