MINSK, 13 June (BelTA) – The Belarusian-Latvian commission on cooperation in environmental protection is set to meet in autumn 2017. Belarusian First Deputy Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Minister Iya Malkina and Latvian Deputy State Secretary for Environmental Protection Alda Ozola discussed this topic ahead of the 7th session of the Meeting of the Parties to the Espoo Convention, BelTA learned from the press service of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment Protection.
The sides agreed to resume the work of the Belarusian-Latvian commission on cooperation in environmental protection as proposed by Belarus. Its next regular meeting is scheduled for autumn 2017 and aims to review a new program of cooperation between the ministries in the coming years.
Iya Malkina and Alda Ozola also talked over the drafting and signing of a bilateral intergovernmental agreement on cooperation in the protection and use of water resources in the Zapadnaya Dvina/Daugava basin. The agenda of the meeting also included such points as collaboration in waste management, eel resources management, sustainable peatland management, and other matters.
