BAKU, Azerbaijan, November 15. Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan Jeyhun Bayramov met with Secretary General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Carla Barnett on the sidelines of the 29th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP29) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, Trend reports.
The prospects for cooperation between Azerbaijan and CARICOM, as well as initiatives that can be implemented within the framework of our country's chairmanship of COP29, were discussed at the meeting.
Minister Jeyhun Bayramov noted that the first visit by CARICOM to our country is a good opportunity to develop cooperation between Azerbaijan and the Community, and stressed the importance of expanding such contacts to discuss existing cooperation opportunities. In particular, it was noted that during Azerbaijan's chairmanship of the Non-Aligned Movement, our country provided humanitarian assistance to more than 80 countries, including 20 small island states, and these countries included 12 CARICOM member states. The importance of developing relations between Azerbaijan and the Caribbean Community member states, as well as between our peoples, was noted, and the importance of cooperation in the field of education and scholarship programs implemented by our country was brought to attention. Minister Jeyhun Bayramov, speaking in detail about the main priorities and areas of Azerbaijan's presidency of COP29, thanked the community for the support provided to our country's initiatives, in particular the holding of the Small Island Developing States Summit.
Secretary General Carla Barnett noted that despite the fact that the presidency of COP29 is quite a complex and responsible platform, the session was organized by our country at a high level, congratulated Azerbaijan on this event and wished success during our presidency.
During the meeting, an exchange of views on other issues of mutual interest also took place.