Politics - 1993 February 24 (Wednesday)

John Podesta, Senior Advisor to the U.S. President on International Climate Policy and head of the U.S. delegation, called on nations to increase their financial contributions to combat climate change at the COP29 plenary session in Baku on Wednesday.

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, and Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev held a trilateral meeting on Wednesday, culminating in the signing of a landmark agreement on the strategic partnership for the development and transmission of green energy between their respective governments.

Ilham Aliyev devoted his speech at the COP29 climate conference on 13 November to the analysis of the colonial policy of France and Holland.

Heads of state and government continue to arrive in Baku to participate in the COP29 climate conference.