Azerbaijan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a press release on the results of 2024, Report informs.
During 2024, according to the report, against the backdrop of increasing political and economic tensions in the international system, erosion of international law, and deepening uncertainty on an international scale, the Republic of Azerbaijan, based on the norms and principles of international law, successfully continued its independent and pragmatic foreign policy course to effectively ensure foreign policy interests and neutralize risks and threats to its national security.
Azerbaijan, successfully realizing its international efforts, expanded its relations and diplomatic representation network within the framework of bilateral and multilateral cooperation, strengthened its role and position in ensuring its national interests, as well as peace and security in the region and on a global scale.
“In 2024, supported by internal stability and sustainable development, Azerbaijan’s swift and effective responses to global challenges, international aid activities, international economic cooperation, and successful organization of globally important events, served to further enhance the international reputation of our country. In this regard, the 29th Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP29) successfully organized in Baku was significant in demonstrating Azerbaijan’s leadership at the international level.
"COP29, which is considered a success of Azerbaijan’s sovereign climate diplomacy, was attended by representatives of 196 countries and nearly 200 international, regional, and other organizations. More than 80 heads of state and government participated at the World Leaders’ Climate Action Summit organized within the framework of COP29 on 12-13 November. COP29 was considered one of the most successful conferences in terms of the tangible results achieved and the importance of the decisions adopted.,” reads the report.
"It was emphasized that in 2024, Azerbaijan hosted the Informal Summit of the Organization of Turkic States in Shusha, the 3rd International Conference on “Mitigating Environmental Impact of Landmines: Resource Mobilization for a Safe and Green Future,” the 6th World Forum on Intercultural Dialogue as an integral part of the “Baku Process,” the International Conference on “Increasing National and Global Efforts to Clarify the Fate of Missing Persons”, and events dedicated to the 30th anniversary of our accession to the NATO Partnership for Peace Framework Document, and other important conferences. During this year, Azerbaijan continued its activities as a member of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) Chairmanship Troika, assumed the chairmanship of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA) for the years 2024-2026, and chaired the Organization for Democracy and Economic Development (GUAM). The year 2024 was also marked by the accession of Azerbaijan to the Developing Eight Organization for Economic Cooperation (D-8).
“This year, using historical opportunities emerged for sustainable and lasting peacebuilding in the region, the establishment of relations between Azerbaijan and Armenia based on the principles of sovereignty and territorial integrity and the advancement of the peace process has been one of the main directions of our country’s policy in the region. Following the instructions given at the highest level, pertinent contacts have been continued at the level of the Ministries of Foreign Affairs to agree upon a bilateral treaty that will form the legal basis for interstate relations, significant progress has been achieved on the normalization agenda,” MFA said.