Azerbaijan’s president blasts Western "hypocrisy" in combative COP29 speeches
By bne IntelliNews French Ecology Minister Agnes Pannier-Runacher has pulled out of the COP29 climate summit in Baku, Azerbaijan, following remarks by Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev accusing France of “colonialist crimes” in its Pacific territory of New Caledonia.
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Azerbaijan defends oil and gas at COP29 amid Western criticism
Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev defended his country's oil and gas industry at the 29th UN Climate Change Conference (UNFCCC COP 29), criticising Western nations for their stance on fossil fuels, reported Reuters.
Azerbaijan president lauds fossil fuels, knifes Western ‘hypocrisy’ in COP29 opener
Opening speeches rarely contain such frank and unsparing political attacks, nor such open fossil fuel defenses.
Cop29 host Azerbaijan hits out at West in defence of oil and gas
He singled out the US, the world’s largest historic carbon emitter, and the EU for particular criticism, accusing them of double standards.
Fossil fuels a gift from God, says Azerbaijani president at Cop29
Fossil fuels are a gift from God and giving them up is not realistic, the host of the Cop29 climate summit has said. Ilham Aliyev, the president of Azerbaijan, defended his country’s oil and gas industry during opening remarks at the conference in the country’s capital Baku on Tuesday.
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