Climate
Egypt and Armenia ministers discuss local administration, waste and energy cooperation
October 16, 2026 at 08:29 AM
Egypt's environment minister met her Armenian counterpart at the UN biodiversity summit in Armenia to discuss cooperation in local administration, waste management and renewable energy.
- Manal Awad met David Khudatyan on the sidelines of the CBD COP17 summit hosted by Armenia, with Egypt's ambassador to Armenia attending.
- Awad said Egypt is preparing a memorandum of understanding with Yerevan governorate and invited the Armenian minister and Yerevan's mayor to visit Egypt to sign it.
- Khudatyan said Armenia seeks to benefit from Egypt's experience in waste sorting, recycling and circular economy development.
- Khudatyan stated Armenia's renewable energy share of total energy rose from about 15 percent to 30 percent.