Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said foreign interference, terrorism, insecurity and war in some regional countries have diverted all the limited capacity of these countries, while environmental challenges facing the region are not being considered enough.
He made the remarks in a message to the first National Conference on Diplomacy and Transboundary Environmental Challenges held in Tehran on Sunday, according to IRNA.
He described military interventions, war and terrorism as an ominous triangle which, in addition to all its destructive effects, has led to widespread destruction of the environment and the destruction of infrastructure.
The Iranian foreign minister said that this situation has caused serious obstacles for the sustainable management of the environment and intensified territorial destruction.
In the West Asian region, wars and crises of the past decades have destroyed the basis for cooperation in various fields, including the environment.
Amir-Abdollahian said that conflicts in the region have terrible effects on the environment.
The destruction of water resources and wetlands, the damage of biological resources and the destruction of land have been such that decades of close regional cooperation are needed to restore these huge resources.