Mongolia hears the words of Kiren Rijiju: India believes in working together with other nations in disaster risk reduction

Ulaanbaatar, July 5: MoS for Home, Kiren Rijiju, on his visit o Mongolia said that India has said it is ready to work with other nations and stakeholders and share best practices to build partnerships and collaborate in the domain of resilient infrastructure to reduce disaster risk.

 

Presenting the country statement at the Asian Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction (AMCDRR) on Wednesday, Rijiju said, “India has adopted the Sendai Framework for disaster risk reduction and it outlined a 10-point agenda to provide a practical roadmap for its implementation in the country and the region. “

Rijiju said India believes in working together with other nations in disaster risk reduction as there are common challenges, benefits of sharing best practices and a need to respond together for search and rescue.

 

Minister Rijiju also said that there are common challenges, benefits of sharing best practices and a need to respond together for search and rescue. Towards this end, India had organized a Joint Exercise of SAARC Nations in 2015, BIMSTEC Nations in 2017 and for SCO nations will organize another exercise in 2019.

He further added, “ Towards this end, we recently organized a national workshop to brainstorm various aspects and challenges that we are likely to encounter in setting up of a national disaster database. It will be our endeavor to set up disaster database expeditiously well before the target date of 2020.”