While extending its full support to African nations in fighting the challenge of climate change, India also said that it will "always echo" African aspirations and partner with the nations.
Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar who returned to India after attending the African Ministerial Conference on Environment in Cairo on March 4-6, also reiterated that various issues should be resolved at the earliest for the upcoming UN climate conference scheduled at the end of the year in Paris, to succeed.
It said that the group will discuss and finalise the areas of cooperation in the fields of climate change, urban waste management, hazardous waste management, environmental education and all other facets of environmental governance between the two countries.
Noting that India's stand on climate change is "mostly" the same as that of the African Union, Javadekar said that India will "stand by" African countries.