Azerbaijani FM, CICA Secgen Go Over COP-29 Co-Work Prospects

(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, April 17. Azerbaijan'sForeign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov and Secretary General of theConference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia(CICA) Kairat Sarybay have explored collaboration prospects atCOP-29 (the 29th session of the Conference of the Parties to the UNFramework Convention on Climate Change), Trend reports via the Foreign Ministry of Azerbaijan.

The parties also addressed potential goals and preparations forAzerbaijan's chairmanship of the CICA in 2024-2026, existingactivity within the organization, and future prospects.

Sarybay praised Azerbaijan's consistent active participation in theCICA framework and expressed heartfelt congratulations on thecountry's chairmanship.

The secretary general emphasized Azerbaijan's positive attitudetoward transportation and environmental concerns, which arecurrently among the most crucial to the CICA.

During the meeting, the parties discussed the CICA'stransformation, the organization's focus on issues of mutualinterest and current challenges, preparation for the ministerialmeeting chaired by Azerbaijan, the upcoming summit, and regionalissues.

This November, Azerbaijan will host COP29. This decision wasmade at the COP28 plenary meeting held in Dubai on December 11 lastyear. Baku will become the hub of the world to receive circa70,000–80,000 foreign guests.

The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change is anagreement signed at the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro in June 1992to prevent dangerous human interference with the climate system COP-the Conference of the Parties-is the highest legislativebody overseeing the implementation of the Framework Convention onClimate Change. There are 198 countries that are parties to theConvention. Unless the parties agree otherwise, the COP is heldannually. The first COP event took place in March 1995 in Germany'sBerlin, and its secretariat is located in Bonn.

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