Food Security, Future of Caspian Sea and Eco-education of Children: First day of XI Nevsky International Ecological Congress held at Tavricheskiy Palace

The roundtable "The Caspian Sea: Cooperation for the Future" was held within the framework of the XI Nevsky International Ecological Congress.

The event was attended by parliamentarians, heads of relevant ministries and departments from Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Russia, Turkmenistan and other countries.

"It is clear that protecting the Caspian basin ecosystem requires the coordinated efforts of all five Caspian littoral states - Russia, Azerbaijan, Iran, Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan. Russia proceeds from the fact that all spheres of interaction in the region, including ecological and nature management issues, should be exclusively regulated by the Caspian littoral states without any involvement or interference of third countries", noted First Deputy Speaker of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation Andrey Yatskin at the roundtable.

On the same day, a discussion on food security issues took place at the Tavricheskiy Palace.

Chair of the Standing Committee of the Council of the Republic of the National Assembly of the Republic of Belarus for Legislation and State Administration Mikhail Rusy spoke about his country's success in achieving a high level of food security. He also emphasized that Belarus played an important role in the food security of the Eurasian Economic Union and advocated the withdrawal of global food trade from the sanctions pressure.

"Today Kazakhstan is focused on modernizing agriculture, developing sustainable and climate-adapted technologies, improving the qualifications of agricultural specialists and strengthening laboratory control", said member of the Senate of the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan Arman Utegulov at the roundtable.

A roundtable "Children for a Clean Planet" was held as part of the XI Nevsky International Ecological Congress. "Issues of rational nature management and environmental protection should be taken into account in the curricula of educational programs", said Chair of the IPA CIS Permanent Commission on Science and Education, Chair of the Committee of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation on Science, Education and Culture Lilia Gumerova at the roundtable.

According to her, parliamentarians pay close attention to the topic of environmental education and upbringing.

The organizers of the Congress are the Government of the Russian Federation, the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment of the Russian Federation and the Interparliamentary Assembly of the CIS countries.