Thailand, Myanmar and Laos on October 30 officially launched a joint plan of action on tackling transboundary haze, which aims to strengthen their cooperation to reduce existing regional air pollution.

Indonesia is working on options to reduce the amount of transboundary haze that could affect Singapore, according to Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan.

Representatives of five ASEAN member states - Malaysia, Brunei, Indonesia, Singapore and Thailand - plan to gather in Singapore from June 7-8 to discuss transboundary haze.

Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha chaired a teleconference with his Lao counterpart Sonexay Siphandone and Myanmar Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services Min Aung Hlaing on April 7 to tackle the region’s transboundary haze problem.

Representatives from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) have reaffirmed their commitment towards the full and effective implementation of the ASEAN Agreement on Transboundary Haze Pollution at the 17th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the agreement (COP-17), which was held on October 20 in Singapore.