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UAE, Azerbaijan, Brazil join forces to limit global warming to 1.5C

Three former and future UN climate summit hosts will form a ‘troika’ to to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius.

Al Jazeera · Feb 13, 2024

COP Hosts UAE, Azerbaijan, Brazil Announce Climate 'Troika'

Past and future UN climate talk hosts the United Arab Emirates, Azerbaijan and Brazil said Tuesday they are forming a "troika" to push for an international agreement to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius.

International Business Times · Feb 13, 2024

Gas Booming For UN COP29 Host Azerbaijan

Following the UN's COP28 climate talks in oil-fuelled Dubai, the COP29 conference is headed for the historic cradle of oil, Azerbaijan, which is in the midst of a gas boom.

International Business Times · Feb 12, 2024

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Poll observers say Azerbaijan presidential vote marred by irregularities

Ilham Aliyev wins expected landslide victory, but OSCE monitors say vote was ‘restrictive’ and ‘not competitive’.

Al Jazeera · Feb 8, 2024

Azerbaijani Snap Election Expected to Extend President Aliyev's Term

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev is expected to win another term in a snap election following the country's swift reclaiming of the Karabakh region from ...

Aliyev in the lead to win Azerbaijan’s presidential election

Early tallies showed President Aliyev’s significant lead as 54.5 percent of electoral precincts declared results.

Al Jazeera · Feb 7, 2024

Azerbaijan President Poised For Re-election After Karabakh Win

A crackdown on independent media and the absence of any real opposition add to the certainty of an easy win for Aliyev, whose troops recaptured the Nagorno-Karabakh enclave in September.

International Business Times · Feb 7, 2024

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Armenia formally joins international criminal court in snub to Russia

Yerevan obligated to arrest Vladimir Putin if he enters Armenia after move Moscow calls ‘unfriendly step’

The Guardian - UK · Jan 31, 2024

First Thing: Trump wins easily in Iowa as Republican contest kicks off 2024 presidential race

Former president a step closer to Joe Biden rematch, as Ron DeSantis edges out Nikki Haley for distant second place finish. Plus, who won at the delayed 2023 Emmy awards

The Guardian - UK · Jan 16, 2024

Azerbaijan appoints no women to 28-member Cop29 climate committee

Campaigners condemn decision as regressive, saying ‘climate change affects whole world, not half of it’

The Guardian - UK · Jan 15, 2024

Azerbaijan warns France not to 'intervene' in espionage case

Azerbaijan warned France Wednesday not to "intervene" in its internal affairs after Baku arrested a Frenchman on espionage charges with tensions running high between the two countries.

Radio France Internationale · Jan 10, 2024

Frenchman arrested in Azerbaijan for 'espionage'

Azerbaijan authorities arrested a Frenchman on espionage charges in December, the Azerbaijani ambassador to France said Tuesday. The annoucement comes amid rising tensions between Baku and Paris.

Radio France Internationale · Jan 9, 2024

Cop29 host Azerbaijan to hike gas output by a third over next decade

Environmentalists condemn news of higher forecast production which is also seen as a conservative forecast

The Guardian - UK · Jan 8, 2024

'Pushes us closer to the abyss': Former Azerbaijani oil executive to head COP29

Azerbaijan's ecology minister and former oil executive Mukhtar Babayev was on Friday appointed to lead the United Nations' annual climate talks in a move that has sparked concern among NGOs and environmentalists who voiced similar worries over last year’s COP28 chair Sultan Al Jaber, chief of the United Arab Emirates’…

France 24 · Jan 7, 2024

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Radio France Internationale · Jan 6, 2024

Azerbaijan names former oil executive to head Cop29 climate talks

Mukhtar Babayev, Azerbaijan’s Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources, has been named as president-designate of the Cop29 climate conference. He will be the second oil executive in a row to head the global environmental summit after UAE's Sultan Al Jaber in 2023.

WEKU · Jan 5, 2024

Azerbaijan names a former oil executive to lead 2024 climate talks

Mukhtar Babayev, has been named to lead the United Nations' annual climate talks later this year, prompting concern from some climate activists over his former ties to the state oil company.

Azerbaijan's Ecology Minister Faces Concerns Over UN Climate Talks

Mukhtar Babayev, Azerbaijan's ecology minister, has been appointed to lead the United Nations' annual climate talks. This has raised some concern among cli...

The Independent UK · Jan 5, 2024

Azerbaijan names a former oil exec to lead climate talks. Activists have concerns

Azerbaijan’s ecology minister has been named to lead the United Nations’ annual climate talks later this year

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The Guardian - UK · Jan 5, 2024

Oil industry veteran to lead next round of Cop climate change summit

Mukhtar Babayev is named president-in-waiting of UN climate summit to be held in November

International Business Times · Jan 4, 2024

US Puts Azerbaijan On Religious Freedom Watchlist

The United States on Thursday added Azerbaijan to a watchlist on religious freedom, following fears for Christian heritage after the country seized back an ethnic Armenian enclave.

France 24 · Dec 27, 2023

France expels two Azerbaijan diplomats in 'reciprocity' move

France has declared two employees of Azerbaijan's embassy persona non grata in a move of "reciprocity", the Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday.

The Guardian - UK · Dec 27, 2023

Azerbaijan close to peace agreement with Armenia, officials say

Azerbaijani president Ilham Aliyev has met Armenian PM Nikol Pashinyan for bilateral talks in St Petersburg

International Business Times · Dec 27, 2023

Karabakh Refugees Hold Little Hope For Azerbaijan Peace

Before fleeing the advancing Azerbaijani troops for Armenia, Suren Martirosyan glanced back one last time at his fruit garden in Nagorno-Karabakh, and the momentary vision has haunted him ever since.

Radio France Internationale · Dec 26, 2023

Azerbaijan expels two French diplomats

Azerbaijan's foreign ministry said Tuesday that two French diplomats had been ordered to leave over actions "incompatible with their diplomatic status."

International Business Times · Dec 22, 2023

Karabakh Dissolution Not Valid, Says Separatist Leader

The leader of Armenian separatists, who were ousted from the Nagorno-Karabakh region of Azerbaijan this year, on Friday said his previous decree ordering the dissolution of separatist institutions was not valid.

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