Russia, China exchange information on natural, manmade threats - emergency situations minister

SENDAI /JAPAN/, March 14. /TASS/. Cooperation between Russia’s Emergency Situations Ministry and China’s similar authorities has improved as the countries signed a document on cooperation, and by now they have established ongoing exchange of information on threats of natural and manmade origins, Minister Vladimir Puchkov said on Saturday. "I am convinced the document we have signed in Beijing will be observed fully," he said. The minister invited the Chinese counterparts to visit the Complex Security international show, due in May of the current year. "I am taking this opportunity to invite you to a big international show - Complex Security - which will take place in Moscow in May," he said. China’s minister of Civil Administration also invited the Russian minister to attend the eighth forum of higher representatives of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, due in Chengdu in November. The ministers had a meeting during the Third UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction. It will last through to March 18. The United Nations General Assembly Resolution for 2013 on International Strategy for Disaster Reduction states that the World Conference will result in a concise, focused, forward-looking, and action-oriented outcome document to adopt a post-2015 framework for disaster risk reduction. Read more