Armenian President Vahagn Khachaturyan has welcomed the decision to name Armenia the host of the next United Nations Biodiversity Conference (COP17).
“Hosting the COP17 will be an excellent opportunity to welcome member state’s delegations and expert community in Yerevan. Armenia is fully and genuine committed to global biodiversity conservation,” the President said in a post on X.
Parties to the UN Convention on Biodiversity (CBD) voted in Colombia Thursday for its next Conference of Parties (COP), in 2026, to be held in Armenia, which had vied for the privilege with foe Azerbaijan.
Armenia won with 65 votes out of 123 cast in a secret ballot at the CBD’s 16th Conference of Parties (COP16), winding down in the city of Cali, the meeting’s president Susana Muhamad announced.
Armenian President Vahagn Khachaturyan attended COP16 conference in Colombia.
