On May 15, Environment Minister Han Wha-jin met with Saudi Arabia Minister of Environment, Water and Agriculture Abdulrahman bin Abdulmohsen Al Fadley in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. They discussed measures for strengthening environmental cooperation, including the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on green transition between the two countries. They also discussed cooperative measures for the Middle East Green Initiative for Korean companies to enter the Middle East green industry.