Sri Lanka congratulates Saudi Arabia’s Saudi Green and Middle East Green initiatives

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Sri Lanka congratulated the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s Saudi Green and Middle East Green Initiatives, which call for regional cooperation to tackle the environmental challenges facing Saudi Arabia and the wider region, the Foreign Ministry said.

“Sri Lanka would keenly follow the ambitious projects designed to reduce carbon emissions in the region by 60 percent and the initiatives aim to preserve marine and coastal environments, the latter being much closer to our heart as an island nation,” the statement said.

The Ministry also stressed that Sri Lanka is also, at present experiencing the emerging harsh realities of global climate transformation. Therefore it is heartening to see that the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is emerging as a country to take the lead on tackling the effort of climate change that will affect all humanity.

“Sri Lanka would express its support for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and is looking forward to working with the Kingdom in our common approach to deal with climate change,”

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