"The war has destroyed more than 3 million hectares of forest in Ukraine. We have forest fires every day, our water and land resources are polluted". This was stated by the Minister of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources of Ukraine Svetlana Hrynchuk at a press conference in the Ukrainian pavilion of the COP29 climate convention conference in Baku on 19 November.
"If we want to achieve the global climate goal, we need to solve the situation in Ukraine," she said. Russia's war has emitted 180 million tonnes of carbon dioxide.
"The price of damage caused to nature in Ukraine alone is $32 billion," she said.
Svetlana Hrynchuk expressed gratitude to Azerbaijan for its support in demining Ukrainian territories and restoring energy infrastructure.
"The territory of 139 thousand square kilometres of Ukraine is contaminated with mines and unexploded ordnance. It will take decades to clean up these territories," the minister said.
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Azerbaijan's Foreign Minister JeyhunBayramov expressed condolences to his Turkish counterpart, HakanFidan, on Monday following a tragic fire at a hotel in Turkey's Kartalkaya mountain ski resort in Bolu province.
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Today, the Sabail District Court considered a motion to transfer young researcher Bakhruz Samedov, who is accused of "high treason," to house arrest.
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On January 22, lawyer Zibeyda Sadigova visited journalist Farid Ismayilov at the Baku Detention Center No. 1, who was arrested on January 17 in connection with the Toplum TV case. Ismayilov had been brought in for questioning back in March 2024 and placed under police supervision.
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On February 3, the trial of public activist Nijat Ibrahim will begin in the Baku Serious Crimes Court. This decision was made on Wednesday at a preparatory hearing by Judge Aygun Gurbanova. According to lawyer Zibeida Sadigova, Ibrahim was taken to court in handcuffs. There were guards sitting next to him throughout the whole process.
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