Preparations at Baku Olympic Stadium for the upcoming COP29 climate conference are almost complete, with 99% of the construction work finished.

By Tural Heybatov

With just over a week remaining until the opening of the 29th session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP29) in Baku, the final organizational and construction activities at the Baku Olympic Stadium are in full swing. Preparations are nearly complete for the events set to be held in collaboration with state agencies and international partners.

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Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev on Thursday inspected the ongoing preparations for COP29 at the Baku Olympic Stadium.

Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev on Tuesday visited the Baku Olympic Stadium to inspect the ongoing preparations for COP29.

On August 27, Samir Nuriyev, Head of the Presidential Administration of Azerbaijan and Chairman of the Organizing Committee for the 29th session of the UN Climate Change Conference (COP29), along with other committee members, toured the Baku Olympic Stadium, News.Az reports citing Azertag.

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