Azerbaijan and Morocco have held the fourth round of political consultations in Baku, reaffirming their commitment to expanding bilateral cooperation across multiple sectors.

The influential Japanese newspaper Nikkei has published an interview with Yalchin Rafiyev, Azerbaijan’s COP29 lead negotiator and Deputy Foreign Minister.

Azerbaijan’s Deputy Foreign Minister Yalchin Rafiyev met Wednesday with a delegation of political directors from the foreign ministries of the Nordic-Baltic Eight (NB8) countries - Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, and Sweden.

Azerbaijani Deputy Foreign Minister Yalchin Rafiyev has criticized certain member states of the Francophonie organization for using the platform for purposes unrelated to its core mission.

Decisions to be made at COP29 in Baku will be essential to guide the transition from the first to the second decade of the Paris Agreement, said Yalchin Rafiyev, COP29 Lead Negotiator, Azerbaijan’s Deputy Foreign Minister.

Azerbaijan urges countries to submit their National Adaptation Plans (NAP) by 2025, Yalchin Rafiyev, COP29 Lead Negotiator, said on Tuesday.

The newly-established Baku Transparency Platform will assist countries in preparing their climate action reports, Yalchin Rafiyev, COP29 Lead Negotiator, Azerbaijan’s Deputy Foreign Minister, told journalists on Monday.

“Today, we come together to address one of the most critical components in our fight against climate change—climate finance,” said Yalchin Rafiyev, Azerbaijan’s Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and COP29 Lead Negotiator, during his speech at the Joint COP29 Presidency and Multilateral Climate Funds (MCFs) event on “Collective Action for Catalyzing Climate Impact” at the 29th session of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP29) in the Blue Zone.

The upcoming COP29 in Baku is expected to pave the way for new decisions on climate financing, Azerbaijani Deputy Foreign Minister and COP29 Lead Negotiator Yalchin Rafiyev said on Thursday.

The COP29 is expecting the adoption and signing of a number of documents and declarations, covering several areas and bearing the name of Baku, Yalchin Rafiyev, Azerbaijani Deputy Foreign Minister, COP29 Lead Negotiator, said on Friday.