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Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News
BEIJING, June 17 (Xinhua) — China and the European Union (EU) reaffirmed their commitment to ecology and environment cooperation during the 10th ministerial dialogue on environmental policy held in Brussels last Friday, the Ministry of Ecology and Environment said Tuesday.
The dialogue, co-chaired by China’s Minister of Ecology and Environment Huang Runqiu and Jessica Rosewall, European Commissioner for Environment, Water Sustainability and a Competitive Circular Economy, focused on key areas such as biodiversity conservation, the implementation of the Kunming-Montreal Global Framework for Biodiversity, contacts and exchanges on the development of international instruments on plastic pollution, the latest achievements in pollution prevention and control, and joint promotion of the multilateral environmental governance process.
Both sides commended the tangible results achieved under the auspices of the China-EU High-Level Dialogue on Environment and Climate Change.
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and the EU. Huang Runqiu called for stronger solidarity and more joint action amid growing global environmental and climate challenges.
Huang Runqiu also called on both sides to better play their roles in the dialogue mechanism, implement the goals and tasks set in the dialogue, focus on deepening pragmatic cooperation in key areas, jointly advance the process of multilateral governance of ecology and environment, and build a multilateral exchange platform, thus laying a sound foundation for deepening cooperation on ecology and environment between China and the EU.
J. Rosewall commended China’s leading role in facilitating the achievement of the historic Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework and stressed the need to further increase financial support to ensure the effective implementation of the goals and objectives of this framework.
J. Rosewall also stressed the importance of further engagement with China in areas such as developing international instruments on plastic pollution, combating air and chemical pollution, protecting water resources and deforestation-free supply chains to advance global efforts on environmental and climate governance. -0-