Russian PM Arrives In Azerbaijan For COP29 Participation (PHOTO)
Date
11/13/2024 5:12:28 AM
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency)
BAKU, Azerbaijan, November 13. Mikhail
Mishustin, Prime Minister of the Russian Federation, arrived in
Azerbaijan on Wednesday to attend the 29th session of the
Conference of the Parties (COP29) to the UN Framework convention on
Climate Change, Trend reports.
At Heydar Aliyev International Airport, Mikhail Mishustin was
welcomed by Farid Ahmadov, Azerbaijan's Minister of Justice, along
with other officials.
To note, the 29th session of the conference of the Parties to
the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP29)
started in Baku on November 11. The United Nations 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 acronym COP (Conference of Parties) stands for“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
the parties decide otherwise, the COP is held annually. The first
COP event took place in March 1995 in Berlin, and its secretariat
is located in Bonn.
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