On Thursday, President Ilham Aliyev received a delegation led by Karin Shtrents, the chairman of the German Bundestag Friendship Group on the South Caucasus. Aliyev noted the high level of bilateral relations and the importance of mutual visits for the further expansion of such cooperation. Karin Shtrents in turn, expressed a desire to watch the European games, which will be held in Baku in June. "We will try to avoid double standards to provide a fair position. Double standards cause our concern too," she said.
Ilham Aliyev said that the unfair position on the eve of the first European games is not consistent with the spirit and the Charter of the Olympic Games, and the double standards have negative impact on public opinion.
The meeting participants touched upon the cooperation between Azerbaijan and the European Union in the energy sector, stressed the importance of major energy projects - TANAP and TAP, the Karabakh settlement. -02D-
Politics
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The agreement reached at the COP29 climate summit has been hailed by UN Secretary-General António Guterres as a critical step in global efforts to combat climate change. Speaking after the conclusion of high-stakes negotiations, Guterres emphasized that the agreement is pivotal for maintaining the goal of limiting global warming to 1.5°C, a threshold considered crucial to preventing the worst impacts of climate change.
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On 23 November at the COP29 climate conference in Baku, eco-activists from different countries held a protest action against the failure of countries to agree on climate finance.
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On the eve of the closing of the COP29 climate conference in Baku, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has drawn attention to the criminal cases of journalists detained in Azerbaijan.
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Negotiations at the 29th session of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Baku have been extended until November 24, a source in the UNFCCC Secretariat told the Turan news agency. According to the source, participants aim to finalize and sign the concluding documents by that date.
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