Moldovan MP attends meeting of CIS Interparliamentary Assembly's standing commission

Chisinau, 27 May /MOLDPRES/- MP Violeta Ivanov participates in a meeting of Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) Inter-parliamentary Assembly's standing commission for agricultural policy, natural resources and ecology, as well as in the seventh international ecology congress on Neva titled: "Ecological security strategy: implementation mechanisms." The events take place in St Petersburg on 27-29 May, the parliament's communication and public relations department has reported.

Under the agenda, the participants in the event will discuss legislative issues of ensuring ecological security, export of products containing genetically modified organisms, importance of ecological expertise, subjects focused on biodiversity conservation, bio-energy, as well as development of ecological tourism in the CIS member states.

The lawmakers are to approve a draft declaration on elaboration and implementation of a strategy for ensuring ecological security in the CIS states, as well as a plan on working out of model laws in sectors of common interest for the CIS states for 2016-2020.

The commission's head will be elected at the event. The candidacy of Ivanov was proposed for a new mandate of chairwoman. She held the position of head of CIS Inter-parliamentary Assembly's standing commission for agricultural policy, natural resources and ecology in the parliament of the previous convocation.

(Editor A. Raileanu)