BAKU: I am glad that Azerbaijan is hosting COP29 this year, Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs of Germany Annalena Baerbock said at a briefing with Azerbaijani Energy Minister, COP29 President Mukhtar Babayev on the results of the 15th Petersberg Climate Dialogue held today in Berlin, Trend reports.

“Azerbaijan has made a substantial climate pledge, and we will support it. We will work with the COP chairs from the United Arab Emirates, Azerbaijan, and Brazil to establish a bridge connecting Dubai, Berlin, and Baku. I am hopeful that this bridge will help to bring Azerbaijan and Armenia closer together. I’m delighted with our collaboration,” Baerbock said.

This November, Azerbaijan will host COP29. This decision was made at the COP28 plenary meeting held in Dubai on December 11 last year. Baku will become the center of the world and will receive about 70-80,000 foreign guests.

The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change is an agreement signed at the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro in June 199
2 to prevent dangerous human interference with the climate system. COP- the Conference of the Parties – is the highest legislative body overseeing the implementation of the Framework Convention on Climate Change. There are 198 countries that are parties to the Convention. Unless the parties agree otherwise, the COP is held annually. The first COP event took place in March 1995 in Germany’s Berlin, and its secretariat is located in Bonn.

Source: Trend News Agency