COP17 President and Armenia’s Minister of Environment Hambardzum Matevosyan met with Japan’s State Minister of the Environment, Hiromi Mitsubayashi, on the sidelines of COP17 in Yerevan.
“We discussed opportunities to expand cooperation in environmental protection. I thanked the Government of Japan for its support in modernizing Armenia’s air quality monitoring system. I emphasized the importance of drawing on Japanese expertise and technologies, providing training for specialists, and exchanging experience in environmental education. We also discussed the COP17 agenda and the progress of negotiations, underscoring the importance of working together to achieve global biodiversity goals,” Matevosyan said on social media.
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