BAKU, Azerbaijan, January 30. The Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources of Azerbaijan Mukhtar Babayev has met with the Secretary General of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC) Lazar Comanescu, Trend reports.
“In the course of the meeting, the prospects of cooperation within the BSEC on climate change, early warning of dangerous weather phenomena, and other issues in this direction were discussed.
At the same time, the sides exchanged views on the results of the 29th session of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP29), which was held in Azerbaijan in 2024,” the information notes.
The Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC) was established as a distinctive and promising multilateral political and economic initiative through the signing of the Istanbul Summit Declaration and the Bosphorus Statement by the Heads of State and Government of the regional countries on 25 June 1992. BSEC currently functions as a forum for cooperation across various domains for its 13 Member States: Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Georgia, Greece, Moldova, North Macedonia, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Türkiye, and Ukraine.
The primary areas of collaboration within the organization encompass agriculture and agro-industry, banking and finance, the fight against organized crime, culture, customs, education, emergency assistance, energy, environmental protection, statistical data exchange, healthcare and pharmaceuticals, information and communication technologies, institutional renewal and governance, science and technology, small and medium-sized enterprises, tourism, trade and economic development, and transportation.
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