indonesia parliament yesterday voted to ratify a regional agreement on cross in the west of the country choking neighbouring singapore with hazardous smog.
officials in singapore and malaysia have responded furiously to indonesian forest fires which have intensified and become more frequent in recent years.
singapore air pollution rose to unhealthy levels on monday as indonesian authorities failed to control fires in sumatra island vast tracts of tropical forest.
parliament decision has been passed into law.
the agreement obliges indonesian to strengthen its policies on forest fires and haze actively participate in regional decision making on the issue and dedicate more resources to the problem. regionally and domestically .
indonesia signed the asean agreement on transboundary haze pollution 12 years ago and has been under increasing pressure to ratify the document beginning deliberations in earnest in january.
indonesia has already carried out operations for the prevention mitigation of forest fires and haze and recovery activities at the national level parliament said in a statement.
but to handle cross border pollution indonesia and other asean nations regnise that prevention and mitigation need to be done together it said afp