Armenian Minister of Internal Affairs Arpine Sargsyan on Monday met with Matthew Hollingworth, Assistant Executive Director for Program Operations at the UN World Food Program (WFP), on the sidelines of the 17th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP17) to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity being held in Yerevan, the capital of Armenia.

Minister Sargsyan presented the transformations being implemented in Armenia in disaster risk management, planning and response, including the state material reserves system and the institutional reforms underway in the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Armenia, the ministry informs.

Expressing gratitude to the WFP for its continued support, the minister emphasized the active participation of its Armenia office in various programs and events aimed at disaster risk management.

Lauding the long-term cooperation with the Armenian Ministry of Internal Affairs, Matthew Hollingworth, for his part, welcomed Armenia’s readiness to assume national leadership in disaster management.

Also, the parties agreed to expand cooperation in joint exercises and capacity development.