Prospects for expanding Armenia`s engagement in UN-Habitat discussed  in Hamburg

ArmInfo. On June 2, on the margins of the Hamburg Sustainability Conference, Deputy Foreign Minister of Armenia Robert Abisoghomonyan had a meeting with Anaclaudia Rossbach, the Executive Director of UN-Habitat.

During the meeting, prospects for expanding the engagement of Armenia  within the framework of UN- Habitat were touched upon. The Deputy  Minister of Armenia emphasized the importance Armenia attaches to  sustainable and green urban and rural development. In this context,  the parties highlighted the importance of experience-sharing and  joint initiatives with UN-Habitat in the fields of transportation  infrastructure, engineering systems, and energy-efficient housing.

The interlocutors also exchanged views on prospective cooperation in  the context of the 17th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to  the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP17), to be hosted by  Armenia in 2026.

The Deputy Minister of Armenia briefed his counterpart on the ongoing  efforts of Armenia to address the short- and mid-term needs of  forcibly displaced people from Nagorno-Karabakh, emphasizing the  importance of international support.