Armenia to host next UN Biodiversity Conference (COP17)

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YEREVAN, November 1. /ARKA/. Armenia will host the next UN Biodiversity Conference (COP17). The Secretariat of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity announced the news on X./pp

Armenia stands ready to welcome the upcoming UN Biodiversity Conference, reaffirming its commitment to preserving global biodiversity, it said./pp

According to Armenian Environment Minister Hakob Simidyan, Armenia was elected as the host country with 65 votes in favor./pp

Armenian President Vahagn Khachaturyan attended the COP16 conference in Columbianbsp;earlier this week. -0-/p