President of Armenia speaking about ways to eradicate poverty

ArmInfo.  Armenian President Vahagn Khachaturyan participated in a multilateral panel discussion, "Using Nature-Based Solutions and Traditional Knowledge to Eradicate Poverty," organized by the Armenian Foreign Ministry as part of the Second UN Conference on Social Development.  According to  the press service of the Armenian President, in his speech,  Khachaturyan expressed gratitude to Qatar for providing this platform  to discuss the relationship between biodiversity conservation,  poverty alleviation, and sustainable development.

According to him, the most important challenge facing humanity today  is overcoming poverty while protecting biodiversity and ecosystems.  "To address this challenge, traditional knowledge and natural-based  solutions can pave the way for poverty reduction while maintaining a  harmonious relationship between people and nature. They serve as a  reminder that sustainable development and nature conservation are not  contradictions, but two sides of the same coin. It is important to  recognize and promote such best practices as  effective tools for  achieving the goals and objectives of the Kunming-Montreal Global  Biodiversity Framework and for promoting sustainable and prosperous  communities," the head of state said.

Khachaturyan added that Armenia, as the host and Chair of the 17th  Conference of the Parties (COP-17) to the UN Convention on Biological  Diversity, is deeply committed to ensuring that this understanding  shapes a collective path to translating conservation solutions into  global action.

He expressed confidence that by working together to bridge  science,  innovation, and tradition, biodiversity conservation can become a  driving force for social justice and poverty eradication.