ArmInfo.On February 14, RA Minister of Nature Protection Erik Grigoryan received Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the People's Republic of China in the Republic of Armenia Tian Erlong.
According to the press service of the Ministry of Nature Protection of the Republic of Armenia, during the meeting the parties noted the great potential of cooperation between the two countries in the field of ecology and discussed practical steps aimed at their full disclosure. The Minister highly appreciated the Chinese experience of growing forests on degraded soils, stressing the importance of implementing a similar pilot project in Armenia.
Ambassador Tian Erlong noted the importance of starting cooperation in the field of nature conservation and expressed the hope that it will be continued in April this year in the framework of the "Belt and Road " Forum for International Cooperation, which will be held in Beijing and to which Minister Grigoryan was invited.
The parties also discussed issues related to the promotion of the use of electric vehicles, the improvement of the environmental monitoring system, and the implementation of training programs.