BAKU, Azerbaijan, November 13. Head of the Presidential Administration of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Chair of the COP29 Organizing Committee Samir Nuriyev has met with a delegation led by the Governor of Tokyo Yuriko Koike within the COP29 event, Trend reports
The meeting expressed satisfaction with the current level of relations between the two countries and highlighted the broad potential for further development.
Besides, the meeting emphasized that, under the leadership of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev, successful preparations for COP29 have been carried out, and effective efforts have been made during Azerbaijan's chairmanship to achieve consensus among all parties on the climate agenda.
Koike congratulated Azerbaijan on the successful organization of COP29 and wished the country success in its COP29 presidency.
Next, the meeting briefed on the reconstruction work being carried out in the liberated territories of Azerbaijan, with a focus on the implementation of the smart city and smart village concepts in areas declared a green energy zone, and discussed opportunities for cooperation with Japan in this area.
The conversation included an exchange of views on the prospects for expanding ties between Baku and Tokyo and other matters of mutual interest.
At the conclusion, Koike was presented with the book "Karabakh: Before and After Occupation".
To note, the 29th session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP29) started in Baku on November 11. 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 in the climate system.
The acronym COP (Conference of Parties) stands for “Conference of Parties” and is the highest legislative body overseeing the implementation of the Framework Convention on Climate Change.
A total of 198 countries are parties to the Convention. Unless the parties decide otherwise, the COP is held annually. The first COP event took place in March 1995 in Berlin, and its secretariat is located in Bonn.
The main expectation from COP29 is to agree on a fair and ambitious New Collective Quantitative Goal (NCQG) on climate finance. The COP29 chairmanship has launched 14 initiatives that include linkages between climate action and the Sustainable Development Goals, including green energy corridors, green energy storage, harmony for climate resilience, clean hydrogen, methane reduction in organic waste, action on green digital technologies, and other topics.
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