President Ilham Aliyev receives credentials of newly appointed Ambassadors of 4 countries

From November 25 to 29, the Hague will host the 29th session of the Conference of States Parties to the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC). One of the key issues will be the election of two new members to the Executive Council of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW). Three countries have put forward their candidacies: the Czech Republic, North Macedonia, and Russia.

Bulgarian President Rumen Radev will lead Bulgaria’s delegation at the COP29 UN Climate Change Conference, scheduled to take place in Baku from November 11-22. The decision for high-level representation by Radev was made on October 30, according to the Bulgarian state news agency BTA.

Alyzamin Salayev, an activist of the Azerbaijan Popular Front Party (APFP), has been on a hunger strike in prison since October 30, protesting against the authorities' refusal to release political prisoners ahead of the COP29 climate conference, his  wife Saida Salayeva reported. "Alyzamin informed me during a phone call that he declared a hunger strike on October 30. He is demanding freedom for himself and all other political prisoners," his wife said.

Speaking in the country's Parliament on 31 October, Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan styated that Armenia's participation in the COP29 summit in Baku has not been confirmed yet.