Prime Minister of Tuvalu Feleti Teo arrived in Azerbaijan on Saturday to attend the 29th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP29) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, News.Az reports.

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On May 13, Tofiga Falani, Governor-General of Tuvalu, Siaosi ‘Ofakivahafolau Sovaleni Hu’akavameiliku, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Tonga and Frederick Audley Mitchell, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas visited Azerbaijan to deliberate on global climate as well as the COP29 priorities of these countries.