Armenia’s Rescue Service director and Beijing vice-mayor highlight experience-sharing and closer cooperation

Aram Ghazaryan, Director of the Armenian Interior Ministry’s Rescue Service and Deputy Interior Minister, received a delegation led by Beijing Vice-Mayor Wen Xian at the newly opened administrative complex of the Sevan Water Rescue Unit. The delegation is visiting Armenia for the 17th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP17).

According to a statement from the Rescue Service, Ghazaryan accompanied the delegation as its members inspected the unit’s technical resources, including water rescue gear, specialised equipment and other technical assets. They were briefed on their operational purposes, capabilities and specific uses.

The delegation also toured the administrative complex, viewing the building’s facilities, infrastructure and equipment in service and work areas.

The tour was followed by a working meeting, during which the two sides discussed prospects for developing cooperation and exchanging professional experience in disaster risk management, firefighting and the organisation of rescue operations.

Ghazaryan stressed the importance of international cooperation in developing professional capabilities, introducing modern technologies and the latest equipment, and improving the effectiveness of efforts to ensure public safety.

Beijing Vice-Mayor Wen Xian praised the Sevan Water Rescue Unit’s technical equipment and the working conditions provided for its personnel. Wen also discussed Beijing’s experience in ensuring safety on bodies of water, outlining efforts to prevent drowning, raise public awareness and organise rescue services effectively in these areas.

Recognising the importance of the friendly relations established between Armenia and China, the two sides reaffirmed their readiness to expand cooperation in areas of mutual interest.