BAKU, Azerbaijan, November 1. Border checks for foreign nationals holding COP29 visas are expected to take around 45 seconds, while checks for Azerbaijani citizens will last 30 seconds, Major Nijat Jahidzade of the State Border Service (SBS) of Azerbaijan said at a media tour held at the division, Trend reports.
The Border Control Command is equipped with special technical tools and monitoring equipment to facilitate rapid passport processing for international guests arriving in Azerbaijan for the upcoming COP29 conference, the Major noted.
“The workforce has already been increased, and personnel will operate in an enhanced mode. Additionally, measures have been taken to ensure system and network resilience in case of any emergencies during COP29,” he added.
To note, the 29th session of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP29) will be held in Azerbaijan in November this year. The decision was made at the plenary meeting of COP28 held in Dubai on December 11 last year.
The UN Framework Convention on Climate Change is an agreement signed at the Rio Earth Summit in June 1992 to prevent dangerous human interference in the climate system. The acronym COP (Conference of Parties) stands for Conference of Parties, which 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 have decided otherwise, COP is held annually. The first COP event was held in March 1995 in Berlin, and its secretariat is located in Bonn.