Heads of State and Government Arrive in Baku for COP29
On the afternoon of November 11, the following leaders arrived in Baku to participate in the COP29 climate conference: President of Finland, Alexander Stubb; President of Congo, Denis Sassou-Nguesso; Prime Minister of Belgium, Alexander De Croo; Prime Minister of Georgia, Irakli Kobakhidze.
Iran sent Vice President Shina Ansari, despite earlier statements from Tehran that President Masoud Pezeshkian would attend.
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Heads of State and Government Arrive in Baku for COP29
On November 11, several heads of state and government arrived in Baku to participate in the COP29 climate conference. Among them were: President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vučić; President of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko; President of the European Council, Charles Michel; President of Slovakia, Peter Pellegrini; President of Nepal, Ramchandra Paudel; President of Iraq, Jamal Rashid; Prime Minister of Kenya, Musalia Mudavadi; Prime Minister of Ethiopia, Abiy Ahmed, as well as official representatives from various countries.
The arrival of high-ranking guests continues.
Politics
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The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders (OPHRD), a joint program of the World Organization against Torture (OMCT) and the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), has called for the urgent release of activist Rufat Safarov from prison in Azerbaijan. It has launched a campaign in support of the Azerbaijani human rights defender. https://www.omct.org/en/resources/urgent-interventions/arbitrary-detention-and-judicial-harassment-against-rufat-safarov
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This year, the laureate of the annual Nargiz Prize, awarded for efforts in the fight for democracy, was Akif Gurbanov, chairman of the board of the Resplatforma (Platform of the III Republic) movement, who is under arrest.
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The U.S. will prohibit the issuing of visas for nearly a dozen more individuals responsible for undermining democracy in Georgia, bringing the total number to over 100, TURAN's Washington correspondent reports.
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The President of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, has expressed condolences to the President of Germany, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, following the tragic incident in the city of Magdeburg. "We are deeply shocked by the news of the deaths and injuries resulting from the tragic incident that took place at the Christmas market in Magdeburg," the message reads.
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