{"id":110091,"date":"2024-11-15T10:57:49","date_gmt":"2024-11-15T06:57:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abcmedia.am\/?p=110091"},"modified":"2024-11-15T11:23:57","modified_gmt":"2024-11-15T07:23:57","slug":"reuters-azerbaijans-cop29-has-been-marked-more-by-division-than-unity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abcmedia.am\/en\/politics\/110091\/","title":{"rendered":"Reuters: Azerbaijan’s COP29 has been marked more by division than unity"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

So far the climate conference being held in Baku-which many global leaders decided to skip altogether-has been marked more by division than unity, Reuters<\/a> writes.<\/p>\n

Argentina’s presidential spokesperson said the move would allow Gerardo Werthein, the new foreign affairs minister, to “revaluate the situation, reflect on the position”.<\/p>\n

Argentina’s President Javier Milei, who previously has called global warming a hoax, was due this week to meet Trump, also a climate change denier.<\/p>\n

When asked whether Argentina would withdraw from the Paris Agreement, Ana Lamas, undersecretary for environment for Argentina, who led the country’s delegation at COP29, told Reuters: “We are only withdrawing from COP29.”<\/p>\n

Azerbaijan’s COP29 Presidency described it as a matter between Argentina and the United Nations.<\/p>\n

A day earlier, French climate minister Agnès Pannier-Runacher cancelled her trip to COP29 after Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev accused France of “crimes” in its overseas territories in the Caribbean.<\/p>\n

France and Azerbaijan have long had tense relations because of Paris’ support of Azerbaijan’s rival Armenia. This year, Paris accused Baku of meddling and abetting violent unrest in New Caledonia.<\/p>\n

“Regardless of any bilateral disagreements, the COP should be a place where all parties feel at liberty to come and negotiate on climate action,” European Union climate commissioner Wopke Hoekstra said in response, in a post on X.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"