Latvian president to participate at COP29 in Baku UPDATED

Latvian Ambassador to Azerbaijan Edgars Skuja has announced that President of Latvia Edgars Rinkēvičs will attend the the 29th session of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP29), following an invitation from Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev.  

“Latvia will be represented by a large delegation,” Skuja told Azertag, Caliber.Az reports.  

“We are delighted for Azerbaijan’s hosting of the COP29 Conference. The event will address complex topics such as climate finance. We will take part in every discussion and activity during the event,” the diplomat noted.

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President of Latvia Edgars Rinkevics has confirmed his participation in the COP29 climate change conference to be held in Baku in November, said Latvia's ambassador to Azerbaijan, Edgars Skuja.

"The president of the Republic of Latvia, Edgars Rinkevics, has confirmed his participation in COP29. He will arrive here with a delegation and will be present at the official opening and all main COP events," the ambassador noted, Caliber.Az reports, citing local media.

He added that Latvia will be widely represented at the climate conference overall. In particular, a delegation led by the minister of agriculture is planned to participate, and the participation of other ministers and business delegations is also possible.

To recap, COP29 will be held in Baku on November 11-22.

The decision to hold the 29th session of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP29) in Baku was made at the plenary session of COP28 in Dubai on December 11, 2023. For two weeks Baku will turn into a global center that will host from 70,000 to 80,000 international guests.

The UN 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 anthropogenic interference in the climate system.

The acronym COP stands for “Conference of the Parties” and refers to the highest decision-making body responsible for overseeing 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 located in Bonn.

By Khagan Isayev, Naila Huseynova