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6 ENVIRONMENTAL CORRIDORS MAPPED AT ARMENIA'S MEGHRI BORDER AREAS
February 19, 2014 | 14:25
YEREVAN. - The Nature Protection Ministry of Armenia has mapped six
environmental corridors in the border areas of Meghri city, "EcoLur"
NGO reports.
Within the framework of the Friendship and Peace Park process
established between Armenia and Iran, it is planned to separate the
migration routes and set proper protection procedures, which will
ensure the proper migration of animals.
Nature Protection Minister Aram Harutyunyan stated the aforesaid
at an event held on the occasion of the National Day of the Islamic
Republic of Iran, informs the Ministry Information and Public Relations
Department.
As reported earlier, during his official visit to Iran, Aram
Harutyunyan met with Ms. Masoumeh Ebtekar, Vice President of Iran and
head of Iran's Environmental Protection Organization. They discussed
the cooperation between both countries on environmental issues, and
their future plans. The parties recorded that relations between the two
countries have strengthened with respect to environment protection,
and that the process has begun for creating the Friendship and Peace
Park on the common border of the two states.
Aram Harutyunyan also met with Energy Minister Hamid Chitchian of
Iran. The interlocutors discussed the prospects for alternative energy
development in Armenia and in Iran, and the pollution issue of the
Araks River which flows between the two countries.
Next, Armenia's nature protection minister met with Mohammad-Reza
Tabesh, head of the environmental protection group at the Iranian
parliament. They exchanged views on the legislative mechanisms toward
solving environmental issues.
News from Armenia - NEWS.am
February 19, 2014 | 14:25
YEREVAN. - The Nature Protection Ministry of Armenia has mapped six
environmental corridors in the border areas of Meghri city, "EcoLur"
NGO reports.
Within the framework of the Friendship and Peace Park process
established between Armenia and Iran, it is planned to separate the
migration routes and set proper protection procedures, which will
ensure the proper migration of animals.
Nature Protection Minister Aram Harutyunyan stated the aforesaid
at an event held on the occasion of the National Day of the Islamic
Republic of Iran, informs the Ministry Information and Public Relations
Department.
As reported earlier, during his official visit to Iran, Aram
Harutyunyan met with Ms. Masoumeh Ebtekar, Vice President of Iran and
head of Iran's Environmental Protection Organization. They discussed
the cooperation between both countries on environmental issues, and
their future plans. The parties recorded that relations between the two
countries have strengthened with respect to environment protection,
and that the process has begun for creating the Friendship and Peace
Park on the common border of the two states.
Aram Harutyunyan also met with Energy Minister Hamid Chitchian of
Iran. The interlocutors discussed the prospects for alternative energy
development in Armenia and in Iran, and the pollution issue of the
Araks River which flows between the two countries.
Next, Armenia's nature protection minister met with Mohammad-Reza
Tabesh, head of the environmental protection group at the Iranian
parliament. They exchanged views on the legislative mechanisms toward
solving environmental issues.
News from Armenia - NEWS.am