Armenian officials skip Azerbaijan's COP29 No applications submitted

Armenia’s Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan has said that Armenian officials did not submit any applications to participate in the 29th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP29) in Azerbaijan’s capital Baku. 

Mirzoyan made these remarks during a parliamentary session, commenting on a statement by his Azerbaijani counterpart Jeyhun Bayramov, Caliber.Az reports via Russian media. 

"None of Armenian officials has submitted an application or registered to participate in COP29 in Baku. I do not rule out that some representatives from civil society organisations may have been registered, although I am not aware of such cases," Mirzoyan noted.   

Earlier, Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov said that the signing of a peace agreement with Armenia by the end of the year depends on Yerevan.

He noted that the main provisions of the peace treaty have already been agreed upon, but there are still some points that need to be reconciled.

“The initiator of the process is Azerbaijan,” the minister emphasised. 

Meanwhile, talking about Armenia’s absence at the ongoing COP29 climate change conference in Baku, Bayramov said that the Armenian side missed such an opportunity.

In order to ensure the inclusiveness of COP29, Azerbaijan has sent invitations to both the Convention member states and Armenia, Bayramov told reporters. 

“Even though Armenia has registered several of its representatives in connection with participation in the conference, we do not observe their participation at COP29. We think this is a missed opportunity for them,” he noted.

COP29 is considered one of the largest and most prestigious climate conferences in the world. This year’s event in Baku, which will run until November 22, is being held in Azerbaijan for the first time. The country has signed a Host Country Agreement and other key documents with the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change Secretariat, cementing its role as a leader in climate change discussions.

By Naila Huseynova