Armenia commences organizational work for COP17

YEREVAN, JANUARY 10, ARMENPRESS. Organizational work for the 17th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP17) is underway in Armenia, the Minister of Environment Hakob Simidyan has said.

Armenia will host the COP17 in 2026.

“It is a major and important environmental event, and the organizational work has already commenced, a committee has been set up led by Hambardzum Matevosyan, the chief adviser to the Prime Minister,” Simidyan told reporters.

On October 31, 2024, during the 16th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity, Armenia was elected as the host country of the 17th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP17).

Armenia won the bid to host the conference with 65 votes, while Azerbaijan, which also sought the right to host, garnered only 58 votes.