Azerbaijan establishes Climate Diplomacy Department under MFA

The Climate Diplomacy Department has been established under the Azerbaijani Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Deputy Foreign Minister Yalchin Rafiyev said at the "Agriculture Mobilizing Countries for the Sake of Nature" conference held as part of the 18th Azerbaijan International Agricultural Exhibition Caspian Agro in Baku, Report informs.

According to Rafiyev, this department will ensure Azerbaijan's contribution to this process as a permanent participant in the negotiations held within the framework of international climate-related platforms in the future: "Of course, in accordance with these processes, new political positions can be formed both in our economy and in our approach to climate issues."

The deputy minister emphasized that the Azerbaijani side's future position as the COP29 chair is to strive to preserve the successes achieved before COP29: "The process can be further advanced. We can work to make it more efficient. However, the main goal for us is to realize the outcomes achieved so far, that is, to move from claims to a step towards implementation."