Pressure piles on Indonesia to contain wildfire haze
In a statement issued late on Tuesday, the Transportation Ministry’s civil aviation director general, Lukman Laisa, said his office had not received a flight clearance request for Malaysian aircraft to carry out a waterbombing mission in areas hit by wildfires.
Indonesia is facing mounting pressure to control wildfires and the resulting haze that has spread to neighboring countries. The Transportation Ministry's civil aviation director general, Lukman Laisa, revealed that they have not received any flight clearance requests from Malaysian aircraft to conduct waterbombing missions in fire-stricken areas.
Despite this, Malaysia's Environment Minister, Arthur Joseph Kurup, had a phone conversation with his Indonesian counterpart on Monday, expressing Malaysia's willingness to assist in extinguishing the blazes through cloud seeding operations along their shared borders. Jumhur welcomed Malaysia's offer, describing it as a mutually beneficial effort to reduce transboundary haze.
The Indonesian Military's commander has also been consulted to ensure the technical permits are in order.
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