France makes futile attempts to tarnish Azerbaijan's image Western Azerbaijan Community says  

The Western Azerbaijan Community has condemned France's attempts to tarnish Azerbaijan's image ahead of the 29th Conference of the Parties (COP29), asserting that these efforts are futile. "France, desperate due to its failures, resorts to provocations.

A recent example is the bicycle event organised by Deputy Mayor of Bordeaux city Laurent Guillemin, which he staged under the guise of participating in COP29, Caliber.Az reports, citing the Western Azerbaijan Community’s statement. 

"This is a continuation of the show that mayors of French cities staged around the Lachin Corridor last year. The fact that France resorts to such provocations highlights the weakness and injustice of its position. We urge the international community not to fall for these manipulations and to support Azerbaijan, which plays a vital role in addressing global challenges related to climate change," the statement says.

The 29th session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP29) will be held in Azerbaijan this November. This decision was made at the COP28 plenary session in Dubai on December 11, 2023. During two weeks, Baku will become a global hub, welcoming around 70,000 to 80,000 international guests.

The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) is an agreement signed at the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro in June 1992, aimed at preventing dangerous human interference with the climate system. 

The abbreviation COP means "Conference of the Parties" and refers to the highest decision-making body responsible for overseeing the implementation of the UNFCCC. The Convention has 198 member states. Unless otherwise decided by the parties, the COP is held annually. The first COP event was held in Berlin in March 1995, and its secretariat is based in Bonn.

By Naila Huseynova