An additional 1.6 billion drams (about $4.7 million) has been allocated for 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. The relevant decision was made at the Cabinet meeting of the Armenian government on Thursday.

The money will be used to purchase organizational services for the Blue Zone of COP17.

The decision aims to properly hold this event planned within the framework of this UN Biodiversity Conference.