A special session of the National Assembly of Armenia has kicked off Monday.
The session is convened at the initiative of the government.
The agenda includes two main matters. the draft on ratification of the agreement with the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity, which concerns the 17th Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (COP17) to be held in Yerevan, from October 19 to 30, in conjunction with the meetings of the Cartagena and Nagoya Protocols; and the draft on ratification of the funding agreement with the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, which is aimed at the development of the housing and mortgage market in Armenia.