Shorouk Express 
BAKU, Azerbaijan, November 23. From November 10
to 22, the city of Belém in Brazil hosted the 30th Session of the
Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate
Change (COP30), and on November 6–7, the Leaders’ Summit took
place, the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry said, Trend reports.
The Azerbaijani Republic was represented at the Leaders’ Summit
by a delegation headed by the Chair of the Milli Majlis, Sahiba
Gafarova. The Speaker delivered a statement on behalf of Azerbaijan
and held a number of bilateral meetings with heads of various
countries.
On the official opening day of COP30, the presidency of the
Conference of the Parties was transferred from Azerbaijan to
Brazil. The President’s Special Representative on Climate Issues
and COP29 President, Mukhtar Babayev, spoke at the COP30 opening
session, presenting information on the historic results achieved at
COP29 held in Baku last year, as well as on the activities carried
out by Azerbaijan during its presidency. He also took part in
several COP30 events and held bilateral meetings with the heads of
delegations.
The delegation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) of
Azerbaijan also participated in both segments of COP30. During the
conference, MFA representatives engaged in negotiations on draft
decisions that were planned for adoption at the conclusion of the
event. Azerbaijan was entrusted with leading negotiations and
coordinating two key documents.
Under the mandate granted by COP30 President André do Lago to
Azerbaijani Deputy Foreign Minister Yalchin Rafiyev and Brazilian
Deputy Foreign Minister Mauricio Lyrio to conduct negotiations
between Türkiye and Australia — the candidate countries to host
COP31 — an agreement was reached after 12 days of intensive
consultations to award the right to host COP31 to Türkiye.
Additionally, by order of the COP30 President, representatives
of Azerbaijan and Norway were tasked with leading the process of
coordinating documents related to the Global Stocktake (GST) of the
Paris Agreement and conducting intergovernmental negotiations. On
behalf of Azerbaijan, this process was led by Deputy Foreign
Minister Yalchin Rafiyev, and on behalf of Norway, by Minister of
Climate and Environment Andreas Bjelland Eriksen.
Following consultations with all negotiation groups, the
Azerbaijani and Norwegian sides submitted their recommendations on
possible draft decisions to the Brazilian Presidency of COP31,
contributing to the adoption of the relevant documents.
Furthermore, in line with the Baku Financial Goal adopted at
COP29, Azerbaijan and Brazil prepared and presented at COP30 the
“Roadmap from Baku to Belém,” aimed at increasing global climate
finance to 1.3 trillion US dollars.
