Ilham Aliyev used the COP29 summit to attack France and the Netherlands for preserving their overseas territories. He received loud applause from delegates of some Pacific island states after his speech. However, the leaders of France and the Netherlands did not attend COP29.
Written by UNN with reference to Euractiv and Politico.
The so-called overseas territories of France and the Netherlands, especially in the Caribbean and Pacific, are among the “most affected” by climate change. The voices of these communities are often brutally suppressed by regimes
Aliyev also listed the territories he called colonies and examples of how the French and Dutch administrations caused “environmental degradation.
It is important to note that neither French Prime Minister Emmanuel Macron nor his Dutch counterpart Dick Schouffe are attending COP29.
French Minister of Energy Transition Agnès Pannier-Runache will skip the COP29 climate talks in Azerbaijan, Politico reports.
“After discussions and in agreement with the president of the republic and the prime minister, I will not go to Baku next week,” said Agnès Pagnier-Runache, Minister of the Environment, in the French Senate.