BAKU, Azerbaijan, August 23. The US is working with Azerbaijan to ensure the success of the COP29 conference, said US Ambassador to Baku Mark Libby in an interview with local TV, Trend reports.
"In the past several months as Azerbaijan has assumed the presidency of COP29 and is preparing for that summit here in November, we’ve had extremely close cooperation with Azerbaijan on questions of climate and on questions of working together to make sure that the COP summit is a success," he said.
Ambassador Libby pointed out that the US and Azerbaijan have excellent cooperation on energy security.
"If you look at US policy in Azerbaijan and the cooperation we have with Azerbaijan on a range of issues of mutual interest, you will see that the partnership there is very strong. We have excellent cooperation on energy security with Azerbaijan. That goes back decades and decades where the US and Azerbaijan have been close partners, increasing energy security for the globe and for Europe in particular," the ambassador noted.