S'pore welcomes Jakarta's assurance it is serious about tackling forest fires: Masagos
[JAKARTA] Singapore welcomes Indonesia's assurance that the country is serious about tackling the forest fires that cause the haze, said Environment and Water Resources Minister Masagos Zulkifli on Friday (June 17).
His comments on Facebook comes after a day after an Indonesian official remarked that his country was "misperceived" to be opposing Singapore's action against companies behind fires in Indonesia that led to last year's haze crisis.
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