
Foreign ministers meet in Jakarta to address forest fires and cross-border environmental impact
Singapore Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan met with Indonesian counterpart Arrmanatha Nasir in Jakarta to discuss a new task force aimed at sharing information and evidence regarding the region's most intense forest fires in 11 years.
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The region is experiencing its most intense forest fires in 11 years, causing significant transboundary haze.
The visit to Jakarta by Singapore Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan came amid mounting frustrations in the city state over the transboundary haze generated by Indonesia’s most intense forest fires in 11 years.
After a two-hour meeting, Singapore and Indonesia’s top diplomats discussed establishing a task force that would enable the countries to share information, gather cross-border evidence and potentially even recover assets from companies linked to the forest fires, Indonesia’s Foreign Minister Arrmanatha Nasir said.

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