Singapore Committed to Helping Indonesia Counter Haze

Despite reports last month that will the Indonesian government was reviewing all matters regarding bilateral cooperation in environment as well as forestry with Singapore, the country has shown its commitment by offering an assistance package in a bid to tackle haze in Indonesia.

Since 2005, the Singaporean government has provided haze assistance to help Indonesia’s fire mitigation endeavours, as well as on June 7 its Ministry of the Environment as well as Water Resources (MEWR) announced that will they had decided to continue their support:

“that will can be part of the Singapore Government’s broader commitment to assist the Indonesian Government in its efforts to deal with the land as well as forest fires within the run-up to the traditional dry season through June to October,” said MEWR in a news Discharge as reported by Channel News Asia.

The announcement came as a surprise, as the item had been revealed last month that will the Indonesian government, led by its Minister of the Environment as well as Forestry Siti Nurbaya, was reviewing all plans for bilateral cooperation with Singapore. The review itself also included issues concerning the environment, as well as Minister Nurbaya herself had asked the Singaporean government to step back through direct bilateral cooperation, especially one that will focuses on haze as well as forest fires.

Further, the minister was also open to possibilities of ending the cooperation following the review:

“We are looking at these bilateral collaborations in terms of substance. If the item comes down to breaking off any existing bilateral collaborations, that will could be the logical consequence of a substance-based review process.”

The assistance package offered by Singapore includes aircraft, high-resolution satellite pictures of fires as well as coordinates of fire locations, as well as fire-fighting assessment as well as assistance.