BAKU, Azerbaijan, June 27. Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov has met with Prime Minister of Georgia Irakli Kobakhidze within the framework of his official visit to Georgia, the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry said, Trend reports.
At the meeting, an exchange of views took place on political, economic, energy, and transport issues of strategic importance.
It was emphasized that the implementation of large-scale oil and gas pipeline projects, as well as transport and communication projects such as the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway, which are examples of successful cooperation between the two countries, contributes to regional development, peace and stability. The importance of the ongoing work to develop the East-West international transport corridor was noted in terms of increasing the efficiency, competitiveness and transit potential of the transport corridor passing through the territory of both countries. In this regard, satisfaction was expressed that after increasing the capacity of the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway line, the road is operating at full capacity.
Jeyhun Bayramov informed about the activities carried out in connection with Azerbaijan's chairmanship at the 29th session of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP29), and discussed the possibilities of cooperation between the two countries within the framework of COP29.
The parties also exchanged views on other bilateral and regional issues of mutual interest.
19:52 (GMT +4) Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov has met with Prime Minister of Georgia Irakli Kobakhidze within the framework of his official visit to Georgia, Trend reports via the X account of the Azerbaijani Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The parties explored the possibility of expanding collaboration between the nations in various crucial domains such as politics, economics, transportation, energy, and other areas of strategic importance.
They also exchanged views on partnership opportunities under Azerbaijan's chairmanship of COP29.
To note, this November, Azerbaijan will host COP29. This decision was made at the COP28 plenary meeting held in Dubai on December 11 last year. Baku will become the center of the world and will receive about 70–80,000 foreign guests.
The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change is an agreement signed at the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro in June 1992 to prevent dangerous human interference with the climate system. COP - the Conference of the Parties - is the highest legislative body overseeing the implementation of the Framework Convention on Climate Change. There are 198 countries that are parties to the Convention. Unless the parties agree otherwise, the COP is held annually. The first COP event emerged in March 1995 in Germany's Berlin, with its secretariat in Bonn.
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