Minister of Environment Heads to Armenia to Participate in COP17 on Biodiversity

The Minister of Environment and Sustainable Development, Ms. Messaouda Mint Baham Mohamed Laghdaf, left Nouakchott last night heading to the Republic of Armenia, to participate in the 17th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP17), scheduled to be held in the capital, Yerevan.

The Minister is scheduled to take part on October 27 and 28 in high-level sessions bringing together representatives of the States Parties, to discuss global priorities in biodiversity conservation and to strengthen efforts aimed at accelerating the implementation of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework.