BAKU, Azerbaijan, December 18. A special grant competition related to COP29 will be announced in early 2024, Executive director of the State Support Agency for Non-Governmental Organizations of the Republic of Azerbaijan Aygun Aliyeva said, Trend reports.
Eastern European Regional Group has chosen Azerbaijan to host the 29th session of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP29), which was officially announced on December 11 within the COP28 conference in Dubai.
COP29 is scheduled to be held in Azerbaijan in November 2024.
In addition to Azerbaijan, Armenia and Bulgaria have nominated their candidacy. However, after direct negotiations between the Presidential Administration of Azerbaijan and the Armenian Prime Minister's Office on December 7, 2023, Armenia withdrew its candidacy, supporting Azerbaijan. Bulgaria followed Armenia's example and also withdrew its candidacy.
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