Abdulrahman Sadiq, Chairman of the Environmental Protection and Improvement Board of Iraq’s Kurdistan Region, has praised the UAE’s experience in protecting and improving the environment, and the pivotal role which the late Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan played in building nature reserves.
This came during his meeting with Ahmed Al Dhaheri, UAE Consul-General to the Iraqi Kurdistan region, where they discussed the UAE’s relations with Iraq, and the Kurdistan region in particular, WAM reports.
Sadiq commended the UAE’s leading experience in utilising renewable energy through Masdar City.
He also highlighted the strong UAE-Iraqi cooperation in the field of renewable energy, and the importance in advancing their collaboration across nature reserves and leveraging the UAE’s expertise in this field.