BAKU, Azerbaijan, May 21. A delegation led by
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan
and COP29 Chief Negotiator Yalcin Rafiyev participated in the
Climate Week organized by the Secretariat of the United Nations
Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Panama on May
19-21, as well as in the events held within its framework and the
high-level plenary meeting, Trend reports with reference to the Azerbaijani
Foreign Ministry.
Speaking at the high-level plenary session held on May 21, Y.
Rafiyev provided information on the events within the framework of
Azerbaijan’s presidency of COP29. The importance of the historic
decisions taken at COP29 under the Azerbaijani Presidency,
especially the Baku Financial Goal, which envisages the annual
mobilization of USD 300 billion in financing for developing
countries by 2035, as well as the importance of agreeing on Article
6 of the Paris Agreement on carbon markets during the Azerbaijani
Presidency after 10 years of fruitless negotiations was
emphasized.
During the visit, the delegation led by Yalcin Rafiyev held
bilateral and trilateral meetings with the UNFCCC Secretariat
Executive Director Simon Steele, Deputy Executive Director Nura
Hamlaci, as well as COP30 Chief Executive Officer Ana Toni and
Chief Negotiator Lilian Chagas. The meetings included an exchange
of views on Azerbaijan’s achievements at COP29, its activities and
experience in this area, the importance of implementing the
decisions taken at COP29 in the context of combating climate
change, as well as regarding the 62nd session of the UNFCCC
Subsidiary Bodies, which will be held in June this year, and the
climate negotiations that will take place at COP30.
