The French Minister of Ecological Transition Agnès Pannier-Runacher announced on Wednesday November 13, 2024 that she would not go to Cop29 in Baku after the attacks “unacceptable” by Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliev “against France and Europe”reports theAFP.
“Unacceptable” comments
“The remarks made by President Aliyev on the occasion of the opening of Cop29 in Baku against France and Europe are unacceptable […]I will not go to Baku next week »announced Minister Agnès Pannier-Runacher in the Senate, affirming that the decision was taken in agreement with President Emmanuel Macron and Prime Minister Michel Barnier.
“The French negotiation teams will spare no effort with my remote support to protect the planet and our populations”she assured. “We will continue to advocate for the highest level of ambition in the implementation of the Paris Agreement, of which we are the guardians 10 years after it was obtained. »
“Unworthy”
This Wednesday, the President of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliev, denounced the colonial history of France and the « crimes » of “President Macron’s regime” in his overseas territories, in front of representatives of island states at the UN conference on climate change, chaired this year by his country.
“President Macron's regime killed 13 people and injured 169 people […] during the legitimate protests of the Kanak people in New Caledonia”said Ilham Aliev, greatly applauded at the end of his speech by some of the representatives of the islands.
These attacks constitute a “blatant violation of the code of conduct” of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, denounced Agnès Pannier-Runacher. “Direct attacks against our country, its institutions and its territories are unjustifiable”she castigated, “the comments made by Azerbaijan in favor of fossil fuels are also unacceptable.”
“This is unworthy of a COP presidency”she continued, adding that it is a “positive dynamic”like the new emissions commitments made by Brazil and the United Kingdom, “and not attacks of deplorable baseness which the international community needs to fight effectively against climate change”.
Before the COP, NGOs and countries criticized the holding of the conference in Azerbaijan, denouncing its repression of the opposition and human rights abuses.
” Victory ! The French government will not legitimize the Aliyev regime guilty of ethnic cleansing in Nagorno-Karabakh, constant threats against Armenia and political repression of opposition”for his part reacted the environmentalist senator Yannick Jadot. “We cannot legitimize a dictatorship which uses Cop29 as a tool to promote its gas and oil diplomacy”he wrote on X.
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