Baku. TurkicWorld:
Azerbaijan counts on Tajikistan's active participation in COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijani Labor and Social Protection Minister Sahil Babayev said at an event on the occasion of the 33rd anniversary of Tajikistan's independence, TurkicWorld reports.
“As you know, our country is actively preparing for the Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP29) to be held in Baku in November this year, and we count on the active participation of Tajikistan. We are confident that our Tajik colleagues will make a significant contribution to the success of this conference,” the minister said.
Babayev expressed confidence that relations between Azerbaijan and Tajikistan will continue to expand.
According to him, almost 90 documents signed during the high-level visits between the countries have provided a broad legal basis for the existing relations.
“The total value of commercial contracts and agreements signed at the Azerbaijani-Tajik business forum held in Baku in May this year exceeded $700 million. This demonstrates the significant growth potential of bilateral economic and trade relations. The major areas of cooperation between our countries include transportation and logistics, industrial cooperation, and investment projects,” the minister said.
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.
