On May 8, President Ilham Aliyev received a delegation of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, headed by its president Suma Chakrabarti.
Aliyev stressed the successful development of cooperation between Azerbaijan and the EBRD.
Aliyev said that despite the drop in oil prices, it does not have a serious impact on the economy due to the diversification of the economy of Azerbaijan.
According to him, the visit of the EBRD provided a good opportunity to discuss prospects of cooperation.
In turn, Suma Chakrabarti said that Azerbaijan is a reliable partner, and its bank attaches great importance to cooperation.
He expressed satisfaction with the projects implemented in Azerbaijan.
The two sides exchanged views on prospects for cooperation in the field of energy infrastructure, information and communication technologies, transport, agriculture and others, the president's site. -02D-
Politics
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Norwegian Minister of International Development, Anne Beathe Tvinnereim, who traveled to Baku for COP29, met with political prisoner Gubad Ibadoglu, a professor at the London School of Economics and Dresden University of Technology, who is currently under police surveillance and under house arrest. Minister Tvinnereim, representing the Norwegian government, inquired about the restrictions imposed on Ibadoglu, his health condition, and the progress of the investigation into the charges against him.
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The Baku Initiative on Climate Finance, Investments, and Trade (BICFIT) was launched during COP29’s Finance, Investments, and Trade Day, marking a new effort to bolster climate goals through innovative global collaboration.
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Within the framework of the COP29 climate conference in Baku, on the initiative of the Azerbaijani football club "Karabakh" with the participation of world-famous teams, the Football Club Climate Alliance was established.
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On November 16, at the venue of the 29th session of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP29) in Baku, environmental activists held rallies demanding that industrialized countries pay for the fight against climate change and respect the rights of people living in forest areas.
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