BANGKOK, Dec 1 (TNA) – The director-general of the Pollution Control Department discussed cross-border smoke haze solutions with representatives of four nearby countries.
Director-general Attapol Charoenchansa led a Thai delegation in the Twenty Second Meeting of Sub-Regional Ministerial Steering Committee on Transboundary Haze Pollution (22nd MSC) which was organized as a teleconference. The meeting also saw participants from Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore.
Mr. Attapol said Thailand could predict fine dust conditions 7 days in advance and planned to seek cooperation from neighboring countries to improve solution to smoke haze in the region.
Thailand expressed gratitude towards the countries that supported its proposal in the Sixteenth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the ASEAN Agreement on Transboundary Haze Pollution (COP-16) to reduce the number of hotspots in ASEAN by 20% for effective solution to smoke haze in the region. (TNA)
