Malaysia, Indonesia discuss joint action to tackle transboundary haze

Indonesia and Malaysia are in talks to cooperate in addressing forest and land fires causing transboundary haze.

Both countries' foreign ministers are discussing joint solutions amid firefighting challenges and Malaysia's offer to assist Indonesia.

Indonesia's Forestry Ministry reported increasing hotspots and has deployed aircraft for firefighting and other operations.

JAKARTA, Oct 11 — Indonesia has confirmed that discussions with Malaysia are underway to detail the best form of cooperation to tackle forest and land fires that have triggered transboundary haze.

Indonesian Communications Agency head Syahganda Nainggolan said good relations between the two countries were an important foundation for finding joint solutions, particularly as firefighting operations faced challenges, including natural factors.

“Malaysia’s Foreign Minister and Indonesia’s Foreign Minister are holding detailed discussions to find solutions and jointly address the forest and land fires,” he told the media on Saturday.

Syahganda was responding to a question about Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s statement on Malaysia’s readiness to assist Indonesia, as well as a proposal to convene a regional meeting of environment ministers to coordinate efforts to tackle transboundary haze.

“The haze situation is indeed worrying. I personally contacted President Prabowo, and he agreed that the necessary measures should be taken,” Anwar said.

Meanwhile, Indonesia’s Forestry Ministry reported on Saturday that 437 high-confidence hotspots had been detected nationwide as of 9 pm on Friday, up from 387 the previous day.

Of the total, 270 hotspots were detected in six priority provinces across Sumatra and Kalimantan, while 61 aircraft had been deployed for firefighting operations, aerial patrols and weather modification. — Bernama

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印度尼西亚和马来西亚正在商讨合作解决造成跨境烟霾的森林和土地火灾问题。

两国的外交部长正在讨论应对当前严峻挑战的联合解决方案，马来西亚也表示愿意向印尼提供援助。

印尼林业部报告称，火灾热点地区不断增加，并已部署飞机进行灭火和其他行动。

雅加达，10 月 11 日——印度尼西亚已确认正在与马来西亚进行讨论，以详细确定应对引发跨境烟霾的森林和土地火灾的最佳合作形式。

印尼通讯局局长沙赫甘达·奈因戈兰表示，两国之间的良好关系是寻求共同解决方案的重要基础，尤其是在消防行动面临包括自然因素在内的挑战时。

“马来西亚外交部长和印度尼西亚外交部长正在举行详细会谈，以寻求解决方案并共同应对森林和土地火灾，”他周六告诉媒体。

Syahganda是在回应有关马来西亚总理拿督斯里安华·易卜拉欣关于马来西亚准备援助印度尼西亚的声明，以及召开区域环境部长会议以协调应对跨境烟霾的努力的提议的问题时做出上述表态的。

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与此同时，印尼林业部周六报告称，截至周五晚上 9 点，全国已检测到 437 个高置信度热点地区，高于前一天的 387 个。

在苏门答腊和加里曼丹的六个重点省份共检测到270个热点，同时已部署61架飞机用于灭火行动、空中巡逻和人工气象作业。——马新社

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