Iran good environmental partner for European Union

Calleja made the remarks in the opening ceremony of the 16th Iran International Environment Exhibition held on Friday.

“Having healthy environment is a crucial issue for the world since we have only one planet and we have to do our best to protect it,” he said.

He pointed to Iran’s measures in maintaining environment, saying that according to Iran’s constitution, Iranian government and people pay special attention to environmental issues.

“I together with a delegation, including the representatives of Italian firms, have had a trip to Iran to establish more cooperation in waste management, weather quality and industrial pollution of waters and seas,' he said.

“Iran has key status in the region for confronting environmental challenges,” he added.

Addressing the ceremony, Italian Minister of Environment Gian Luca Galletti said that after signing an agreement, cooperation in reducing the emission of greenhouse gases, traffic management and taking advantage of energy has been started between Iran and Italy.

The 16th Iran International Environment Exhibition (24-27 February) kicked off here on Friday with attendance of Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif.

A total 300 domestic and 20 foreign companies from Germany, South Korea, UK, the Netherlands, Italy, Denmark, China, Sweden, Finland, New Zealand, France, Japan, Russia, Norway and Austria have attended the four-day event.

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