YEREVAN. – Aram Harutyunyan, Nature Protection Minister of Armenia, on Thursday met with Bradley Busetto, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Resident Coordinator/UNDP Resident Representative in Armenia.

The parties recorded that about 31 national and 10 regional projects were successfully implemented along the lines of the cooperation between the Armenian Nature Protection Ministry and the UNDP.  

Busetto informed that the UNDP has given a high assessment to the effectiveness of the joint work.  

In turn, Harutyunyan considered the current cooperation format to be effective. 

Noting that the UNDP is one of those organizations through which the Global Environment Fund (GEF) conducts its activities, the nature protection minister of Armenia highly rated the national and regional programs that were implemented by way of the GEF.   

Summing up the results of the work carried out in 2013, Aram Harutyunyan and Bradley Busetto reflected on the projects that are planned for 2014. 

At the end of the talk, the interlocutors agreed to hold their next work meeting in a special nature protection area of Armenia.