{"id":21398,"date":"2026-05-22T13:59:19","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T13:59:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/?p=21398"},"modified":"2026-05-22T13:59:20","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T13:59:20","slug":"afghan-somali-officials-discuss-environmental-and-urban-cooperation-at-baku-forum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/2026\/05\/22\/afghan-somali-officials-discuss-environmental-and-urban-cooperation-at-baku-forum\/","title":{"rendered":"Afghan, Somali officials discuss environmental and urban cooperation at Baku Forum"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>KABUL: The Head of Afghanistan National Environmental Protection Agency, Mawlavi Mati-ul-Haq Khalis met with Somalia\u2019s Minister of Urban Development and his accompanying delegation on the sidelines of the 13th World Urban Forum (WUF-13) in Baku to discuss bilateral cooperation on environmental and urban issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to a statement released by the National Environmental Protection Agency of Afghanistan, the meeting focused on urban development, environmental protection, and strengthening sustainable cooperation between the two countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Both sides also exchanged views and experiences on building modern and standard urban areas, implementing urban development plans, providing shelter for displaced families, and expanding urban services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The promotion of clean energy, reducing the impacts of climate change, expanding green spaces, and supporting sustainable urban development, have been discussed between the two sides.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The statement added that both parties emphasized the importance of joint cooperation and the exchange of experiences in addressing the environmental and urban challenges facing the two countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Khalis also highlighted the importance of international forums, noting that such gatherings offer valuable opportunities to expand cooperation among countries, share experiences, and find solutions to common challenges.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KABUL: The Head of Afghanistan National Environmental Protection Agency, Mawlavi Mati-ul-Haq Khalis met with Somalia\u2019s Minister of Urban Development and his accompanying delegation on the sidelines of the 13th World Urban Forum (WUF-13) in Baku to discuss bilateral cooperation on environmental and urban issues. According to a statement released by the National Environmental Protection Agency [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":21399,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[76],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21398"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21398"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21398\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21400,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21398\/revisions\/21400"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21399"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21398"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21398"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21398"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}