Azerbaijan’s Foreign Minister heads to Belgium for visit

Azerbaijan’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Jeyhun Bayramov has left for Belgium for a working visit.

As part of the visit, Bayramov will attend a Nuclear Energy Summit to be held in Brussels on March 21, Caliber.Az reports citing the ministry.

The foreign minister will also hold a number of bilateral meetings.

World leaders will gather in Brussels at the first ever Nuclear Energy Summit to highlight the role of nuclear energy in addressing the global challenges to reduce the use of fossil fuels, enhance energy security and boost economic development.

Co-chaired by the Prime Minister of Belgium Alexander De Croo and the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Rafael Mariano Grossi, the Summit will be the highest-level meeting to date exclusively focused on the topic of nuclear energy.

The Summit comes in the wake of the historic inclusion of nuclear energy in the Global Stocktake agreed at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP28) in Dubai in December 2023, which called for accelerating its deployment along with other low carbon energy sources. It will provide Heads of State and Government of participating countries the opportunity to share their vision on the key role of nuclear power in reaching net zero and promoting sustainable development, including national plans to fully exploit its potential.