Murat Kurum: “Azerbaijan’s experience was passed on to COP30 and COP31”

COP31 President Murat Kurum has praised Azerbaijan’s contribution to the international climate process and thanked Mukhtar Babayev for sharing the experience gained during COP29 with other countries.

According to TodayPress TV, Kurum made the remarks while speaking at the “Joint Statement of Former COP Presidencies” event held on the sidelines of COP31 in Antalya.

Türkiye’s Minister of Environment, Urbanisation and Climate Change emphasised that Türkiye and Azerbaijan work together as two brotherly countries. He particularly highlighted the transfer of the experience and knowledge gained during Azerbaijan’s COP29 presidency to the presidencies of COP30 and COP31.

Speaking about the outcomes of COP29, held in Baku, Kurum described the adoption of the new collective quantified goal on climate finance as a major achievement.

He also recalled that an agreement had been reached at COP29 on the rules for implementing Article 6 of the Paris Agreement. Kurum said the main task now was to turn the decisions already adopted into tangible results for countries and people.