Tehran, Jan 19, IRNA – During President Hassan Rouhani's visit of France 20 memoranda of understanding (MOUs) and cooperation documents were signed, including one on environment protection and air pollution prevention.

The MOU was singed between the Head of the Iranian Vice President and Department of Environment (DOE) Masumeh Ebtekar and the French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius.

This MOU was the result of months of technical surveys of both sides as of many months ago aimed at improvement of the environmental conditions in regions that they have been endangered.

The environmental cooperation MOU was also signed again by the two countries' presidents in Elise Palace on Thursday.

By IRNA