AGHDAM, Azerbaijan, March 16. The Water Convention is the only existing platform as part of which the region's countries can efficiently cooperate, joining efforts to tackle transboundary water issues, Azerbaijan's Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources Mukhtar Babayev said during strategic consultations on cooperation between Azerbaijan and the UN, held in Aghdam, Trend reports.
"Not a single country in the Caucasus, except Azerbaijan, has yet joined the Water Convention of the UN Economic Commission for Europe," he said.
Azerbaijan's Agdam hosts strategic consultations on cooperation between Azerbaijan and the UN.
The event is attended by the heads of Azerbaijan's Ministries of Ecology and Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Health, the State Committee on Urban Planning and Architecture, the State Committee for Family, Women, and Children, the Azerbaijan National Agency for Mine Action (ANAMA), Special Representatives of the President of Azerbaijan, employees of the Presidential Administration represented in the Interdepartmental Center operating under the Coordination Headquarters, as well as senior officials of the offices of UN agencies operating in Azerbaijan.