“Taliban to take part in UN climate conference in Azerbaijan for the first time
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Taliban representatives will attend the COP29 conference in Azerbaijan as observers. Afghanistan, which has been severely affected by climate change, will be represented at an international climate forum for the first time since 2021.
Representatives of the radical Taliban group will take part in the UN Climate Conference (COP29) in Azerbaijan next week for the first time since coming to power in Afghanistan in 2021. This was reported by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Afghanistan, Reuters reports, according to UNN.
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Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Abdul Qahar Balkhi said that representatives of the National Environmental Protection Agency had arrived in Baku.
Azerbaijan reportedly invited representatives of the Afghanistan Environmental Protection Agency as observers.
Since the UN does not recognize the radical Islamist Taliban government, they have no authority to participate in discussions between UN member states.
According to the publication, Afghanistan is considered one of the countries most affected by climate change. This year, hundreds of people have been killed by floods. The agriculture-dependent country has experienced one of the worst droughts in decades. Many regions of the country are facing food shortages.
