COP17 President and Armenia’s Minister of Environment Hambardzum Matevosyan met with Evelyn Ndlovu, Minister of Environment, Climate and Wildlife of Zimbabwe, on the sidelines of COP17 in Yerevan.
“We discussed opportunities to strengthen cooperation on biodiversity conservation, including the exchange of experience in the sustainable management of protected wetlands, ecosystem restoration and biodiversity monitoring,” Matevosyan said on social media.
“I presented the priorities of the Armenian Presidency, stressing that the first Global Review of the implementation of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework should serve as a basis for accelerating practical action to achieve the 2030 targets. In this context, I highlighted the importance of international cooperation, adequate financing and capacity-building. I thanked Zimbabwe for its active engagement in COP17 and emphasized the importance of working together to achieve substantive and balanced outcomes in the negotiations,” he added.
