Armenian PM To Make Statement On COP29 Participation In Azerbaijan's Baku In August
Date
7/24/2024 5:23:50 AM
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency)
BAKU, Azerbaijan, July 24. Armenian Prime
Minister Nikol Pashinyan will announce in August whether he will
attend the 29th session of the conference of the Parties to the UN
Framework convention on Climate Change (COP29) in Baku, Trend
reports.
According to the information, Pashinyan will hold a press
conference in August, where he will touch upon the issue of
Azerbaijan's invitation of Armenia to COP29.
To note, recently, Assistant to the President of Azerbaijan and
Head of the Foreign Policy Department of the Presidential
Administration Hikmet Hajiyev stated at the II Shusha Global Media
Forum that Azerbaijan has invited Armenia to COP29.
Hikmet Hajiyev mentioned that COP29 President Mukhtar Babayev
had sent an official invitation to the Armenian Foreign
Minister.
“We have officially invited Armenia to COP29. This invitation
demonstrates Azerbaijan's goodwill and inclusive approach in the
absence of diplomatic relations between the two countries. Now it
is time for the Armenian authorities to make a decision,” Hajiyev
emphasized.
To note, the 29th session of the Conference of the Parties to
the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP29) will be held
in Azerbaijan in November this year. The decision was made at the
plenary meeting of COP28 held in Dubai on December 11 last year.
Within two weeks, Baku, having become the center of the world, will
host about 70,000–80,000 foreign guests.
The UN Framework Convention on Climate Change is an agreement
signed at the Rio Earth Summit in June 1992 to prevent dangerous
human interference in the climate system. The acronym COP
(Conference of Parties) stands for Conference of Parties, which is
the highest legislative body overseeing the implementation of the
Framework Convention on Climate Change.
A total of 198 countries are parties to the convention. Unless
the parties have decided otherwise, COP is held annually. The first
COP event was held in March 1995 in Berlin, and its secretariat is
located in Bonn.
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