David Songulashvili Summarizes Visit to Kenya: “Environmental Goals Are Unattainable Without Peace”
“The seventh session of the United Nations Environment Assembly, where I had the opportunity to speak, is an important platform where countries present their achievements and experiences in environmental fields.
The key message that is of paramount importance for us—and which we voiced from this podium—is that reforms cannot be implemented and environmental goals cannot be achieved without peace. Preserving peace requires effort. Only peace ensures the stable development of every country and the achievement of set goals,” said David Songulashvili, Minister of Environmental Protection and Agriculture of Georgia, while summarizing his visit to the Republic of Kenya.
David Songulashvili attended and addressed the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-7) in Nairobi, Republic of Kenya. The session was held at the headquarters of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and was attended by environment and climate ministers from nearly 50 countries, as well as representatives of 130 countries and international organizations.
“Within the framework of the working visit to the Republic of Kenya, we held bilateral meetings with senior UN officials and with several colleague ministers. We discussed Georgia’s achievements in the environmental field, and we received firm solidarity and support for the implementation of reforms and ambitious plans,” David Songulashvili noted.
The Minister of Environmental Protection and Agriculture of Georgia was on a working visit to Nairobi, Republic of Kenya. As part of the visit, David Songulashvili delivered a speech at UNEA-7 and held meetings with Tatiana Molcean, Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE); Inger Andersen, Executive Director of UNEP; Mutahi Kagwe, Minister of Agriculture of the Republic of Kenya; Deborah Mlongo Barasa, Minister of Environment, Climate Change and Forestry of the Republic of Kenya; Lee Kinyanjui, Minister of Investments, Trade and Industry of the Republic of Kenya; and Jean-Luc Crucke, Minister of Climate and Ecology of the Kingdom of Belgium.
