(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, April 30. Azerbaijan andQatar have discussed collaboration opportunities to be createdwithin the 29th session of the Conference of the Parties to the UNFramework Convention on Climate Change (COP29), a source in theAzerbaijani Foreign Ministry told Trend .
The topic was raised during a meeting between AzerbaijaniForeign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov and his Qatari counterpartMohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani as part of Bayramov'svisit to the Arab country.
During the discussion, the parties expressed satisfaction with thecurrent level of cooperation between the two countries,highlighting the importance of high-level visits, ongoing politicalengagement, and increased ministerial meetings in exploring newpartnership directions.
"The existing high-level political engagement between Azerbaijanand Qatar was praised, and the need for frequent politicalconsultations between the foreign ministries of both countries, aswell as intergovernmental economic commission meetings, wasemphasized.
It was also stated that COP29, which will be hosted in Azerbaijanthis year, will provide ideal prospects for new fields ofcooperation.
The parties also discussed the importance of internationalcollaboration and emphasized their desire to develop partnershipsin all sectors.
During the meeting, opinions were also expressed about othercontemporary concerns and topics of mutual interest," the sourceadded.
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 center of the world and will receiveabout 70–80,000 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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