土耳其和乌兹别克斯坦周一签署了一项环境保护合作协议，旨在加强联合应对气候变化、防治空气和水污染、改善废弃物管理以及推动循环经济的努力，这是由土耳其主办的联合国气候变化大会COP31的第一天。
Türkiye and Uzbekistan on Monday signed a pact on cooperation in environmential protection to strengthen joint efforts in tackling climate change, preventing air and water pollution, improving waste management, and promoting the circular economy, on day one of COP31, the UN Climate Change Conference hosted by Türkiye.
协议在土耳其南部城市安塔利亚签署，此前COP31主席兼土耳其环境、城市化和气候变化部长穆拉特·库鲁姆与乌兹别克斯坦总统环境问题顾问兼国家生态与气候变化委员会主席阿齐兹·阿卜杜哈基莫夫举行了会晤，会晤是COP31活动的一部分。
The agreement was signed in the southern Turkish city of Antalya following a meeting between COP31 President and Turkish Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change Minister Murat Kurum and Aziz Abdukhakimov, adviser to Uzbekistan’s president on environmental issues and chairman of the National Committee on Ecology and Climate Change, as part of COP31 engagements.
库鲁姆在社交媒体上宣布协议，称该协议将为两国合作奠定坚实基础。
Announcing the agreement on social media, Kurum said it would provide a strong foundation for cooperation between the two countries.
“我们在会晤后签署的《环境保护合作谅解备忘录》，为联合应对气候变化、防治空气和水污染、废弃物管理以及循环经济奠定了坚实基础，”他说。
"With the Memorandum of Understanding on Cooperation in Environmental Protection that we signed following our meeting, we established a strong foundation for joint efforts in combating climate change, preventing air and water pollution, waste management, and the circular economy," he said.
“希望在安塔利亚加强的这一伙伴关系，将造福我们的国家和我们的共同未来，”他补充道。
"I hope this partnership, strengthened in Antalya, will benefit our countries and our shared future," he added.