(MENAFN- Trend News Agency)
BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan, November 9. The President
of Kyrgyzstan Sadyr Zhaparov will participate in COP29 in Baku,
Trend reports.
"President Sadyr Zhaparov will visit Azerbaijan on a working
visit from November 11 to 13 to participate in the 29th Conference
of the Parties to the UN Framework convention on Climate Change
(UNFCCC)," said Head of the Foreign Policy Department of the
President's Administration Muratbek Azymbakiev.
According to him, on November 12, Japarov will participate in
the opening ceremony of the Climate Summit and deliver a speech at
the plenary session of the conference.
The official noted that during the event "High-Level Dialogue:
Promoting the Mountain Agenda and Updating the Issues of Mountains
and Climate Change," organized by Kyrgyzstan in cooperation with
Azerbaijan and Mongolia on the sidelines of COP29, speeches will be
made by President Sadyr Japarov, President of Mongolia Ukhnaagiin
Khurelsukh, President of Nepal Ram Chandra Paudel, as well as
leaders of other delegations and international organizations. This
event will take place on November 13.
Azymbakiev also announced that, for the first time this year,
during the UN Climate Change Conference (COP29) from November
13–21, a vibrant national pavilion of Kyrgyzstan will be organized
under the theme "Kyrgyzstan: Sustainable Mountain Development."
The pavilion will host daily presentations by various ministries
and agencies of the country on current climate-related issues,
energy, trade and economic, tourism, and investment potential of
Kyrgyzstan, as well as cultural events, exhibitions of national
mountain products (honey, dried fruits, national beverages, etc.),
and tastings.
On Monday, the 29th session of the Conference of the Parties to
the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP29) will be
kicking off in Azerbaijan, the decision of which was made at the
plenary meeting of COP28 held in Dubai in December last year.
The UN Framework Convention on Climate Change is an agreement
signed at the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro in June 1992 to
prevent dangerous human interference in the climate system. The
abbreviation COP (Conference of Parties) means“Conference of
Parties” and 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
otherwise decided by the parties, COP is held annually. The first
COP event was held in March 1995 in Germany's Berlin with its
secretariat in Bonn.
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