Baku to host COP29

The 29th session of the Conference of the Parties of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP29) will be held in Baku, Report informs.

Nations from the Eastern European region, which is due to host next year's summit, backed Baku's bid during the COP28 summit in Dubai, unblocking a geopolitical deadlock over the next global gathering to address climate change.

Two sources familiar with the discussions told Reuters countries in the regional group formally backed Azerbaijan's bid in a meeting on Saturday afternoon.

In a joint statement of the Administration of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Office of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia dated December 7, it is noted that, as a gesture of goodwill, Armenia is withdrawing its candidacy to host COP29 in support of Azerbaijan.