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August 23 2025

The Prime Minister familiarizes himself with organizational work for COP17 in Armenia

Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan visited the Meridian Exhibition Center, where the 17th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP17) is scheduled to be held in Armenia in 2026. During the tour, the Prime Minister got acquainted with the conditions and technical capabilities of the center.

Nikol Pashinyan was presented with the work aimed at ensuring the accessibility and compliance of infrastructure and services, the building, design and engineering capabilities of the center, as well as professional proposals on the formation of the infrastructure necessary for holding the conference. Various proposals on the effective organization of COP17 and ensuring interdepartmental cooperation were discussed.

The Prime Minister emphasized the importance of organizing and holding COP17 at a high level, emphasizing that it is another good opportunity to present Armenia to the international community with its economic and cultural capabilities. Nikol Pashinyan gave specific instructions to those responsible, the implementation of which will be periodically reviewed.

November 1 2024

Armenia was elected as the host country of the Seventeenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP17)

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On October 31, during the ongoing 16th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity Armenia was elected as the host country of the 17th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP17).

This election reaffirms the growing confidence of the international community towards Armenia` as an important stakeholder in global environmental processes. Armenia is entrusted the responsible mission of consolidating and promoting the international efforts under the Convention on Biodiversity to contribute to addressing current environmental challenges faced by the humanity.

The 17th Conference of the Parties (COP17) will be held in Yerevan in 2026.

The UN Convention on Biological Diversity is one of the three global environmental conventions, which regulates the efforts of the international community in the areas of environmental sustainability, biodiversity conservation, restoration and sustainable use of natural resources. The Conferences of the Parties under the Convention are among the biggest environmental gatherings. During these biennial Conferences the states parties work towards elaboration of mechanisms for implementation of the Convention and assuming new commitments in that regard. The civil society, in particular representatives of non-governmental organizations, indigenous peoples, academic community, women’s organizations, youth and private sector actively participate in the Conferences of the Parties.