ARMENIA ENVIRONMENT MINISTER AND OSCE OFFICIAL DISCUSS AARHUS CONVENTION
February 19, 2014 | 17:10
YEREVAN. – Nature Protection Minister Aram Harutyunyan on Wednesday
received Ambassador Andrey Sorokin, Head of the OSCE (Organization
for Security and Cooperation in Europe) Office in Yerevan, capital
city of Armenia.
They discussed the ongoing projects and the future measures in the
Armenia-OSCE cooperation on environmental issues.
The parties underscored the imperative of combining the environmental
issues, business climate, and public interests. Ambassador Sorokin
proposed to include experts from the OSCE Office in the public
discussions on the respective bill at the National Assembly, and the
minister accepted this proposal.
In addition, Harutyunyan accepted Andrey Sorokin’s proposal to have the
OSCE also involved in the development of the methodology to determine
the effects on the environment, and of the standards for the system
of water directives.
The interlocutors also discussed the course of Armenia’s fulfillment
of the Aarhus Convention requirements, and the activities of the
country’s Public Environmental Information Centres.
News from Armenia – NEWS.am
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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