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Elnur Enveroglu
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The historical victory of Azerbaijan in the Patriotic War drew
all the attention of the world media to Azerbaijan. This coincided
with such a date that at that time, a myth built by Armenia for 30
years collapsed. However, the Western powers could not easily
reconcile with this reality. Disinformation, biased statements, and
informational attacks against Azerbaijan began to spread,
especially in places where the French and Armenian lobbies were
widespread.
President Ilham Aliyev mentioned this in his extensive speech at
the 2nd Shusha Global Forum themed "Unmasking False Narratives:
Confronting Disinformation" held on Saturday. In his answer to the
question of a foreign media representative, the head of state also
touched on interesting points. He said the following about the
negative reactions to the joint decision that Azerbaijan would host
an international event at COP28 next year: "Actually, almost the
next day, maybe or the next week after the decision was made in
favour of Baku, we became the subject of a media attack from the
West.
It was expected. Many people with whom I discussed Azerbaijan's
presidency, I mean, among my colleagues, heads of state and
government, were warning me that it would be a big headache. But we
clearly realized that we would be the subject of attack. We could
not predict what the topics of accusation would be, but we were
sure there would be enough. But we started being accused of being a
country rich with oil and gas. That was very strange because, by
the way, the UAE COP28 President was also the subject of the same
attacks, but unfortunately, it was such a broad, coordinated media
process against us. At first, we were not prepared for that. We, of
course, tried to explain that it is not our fault that we have oil
and gas.”
Suppose that Azerbaijan is one of the countries rich in oil and
gas. But why is Azerbaijan subjected to more accusations when it
comes to other oil and gas producing countries?
First of all, it is illogical to blame a country for its natural
resources. Secondly, although Azerbaijan's main income is more
dependent on oil and gas, the reforms carried out in the country
related to green energy and the work done so far are almost
completely in line with global challenges.
Today, the COP Team operates with all its efforts in Azerbaijan,
and the country continues to do a lot of effective work in
fulfilling its obligations related to the climate problem.
If biased media subjects see all this and try to find only
negative aspects, then there are different reasons. Answering the
journalist's question, President Ilham Aliyev emphasized that the
COP was also held in Glasgow, which is rich in oil and gas
resources.
"Coming back to what we just discussed about this unfair
coverage and double standards, we all know that one of the COPs was
held in Glasgow, in an oil-producing part of the United Kingdom. No
one accused the United Kingdom of its oil and gas. So this is just
one illustration of what we were talking about," the President
emphasized.
The biased and double-standard approach of the global media once
again shows that Azerbaijan's international reputation seriously
worries some organizations. If Azerbaijan plays the role of a
bridge between the Global North and the Global South, why instead
of benefiting more from it, they try to baselessly accuse
Azerbaijan with their biased statements?
Azerbaijan has chaired the Non-Aligned Movement for 4 years in a
row, and during that period, Azerbaijan was able to gain great
trust in front of 120 countries.
Even as mentioned by President Ilham Aliyev, Azerbaijan is one
of the few countries, possibly the only in our part of the world,
and the former Soviet Union, which has signed or adopted strategic
partnership declarations and agreements with 10 members of the
EU.
“The members of the EU are officially Azerbaijan's strategic
partners. We are members of the Islamic Cooperation Organization.
We are members of the OPEC+ format. We work actively with
oil-producing countries and have already proposals for how
oil-producing countries can play a more instrumental role in
accumulating finance,” he said.
The views of the head of state once again show that Azerbaijan
is able to establish and manage both political and economic
relations in a balanced manner. In general, the organization of the
Global Media Forum for the second time in Shusha, the cultural
capital of Azerbaijan, and President Ilham Aliyev's answers to the
questions of journalists from over 50 countries of the world gave
clear messages to the world. The head of state's detailed answers
to the questions asked by journalists at the event, which lasted
for more than four hours, are still being discussed in the world
media today.
The II Shusha Global Media Forum, which lasted for three days,
created ample opportunities for in-depth discussion of many
priority issues with the participation of influential media
organizations of the world. In particular, the most appropriate
ways of joint struggle against disinformation, which is the most
urgent problem today, were emphasised. By hosting such
international events, Azerbaijan declared that it is always in
favour of providing accurate and impartial information, protecting
transparency, and, finally, always being on the side of the truth.
The COP29 event, which everyone is looking forward to, gives great
hope that it will create a broad platform for the analysis of many
issues.
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