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Azerbaijan-NATO partnership retained its significance - FM

28 December 2023 19:00 (UTC +04:00)

During the year, multilateral and bilateral cooperation on military-political issues were in focus, Azerbaijan's Minister of Foreign Affairs Jeyhun Bayramov said at a press conference on the results of 2023, APA reports.

The Minister noted that during the year, multilateral and bilateral cooperation on military-political issues were in focus. In this context, Azerbaijan-NATO partnership retained its significance, and both political dialogue and practical cooperation between the parties continued: "On March 1-3, Azerbaijan, which attaches great importance to international cooperation in the field of peaceful use of nuclear technologies, received Mr. Rafael Mariano Grossi, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency. The discussions were helpful in determining the promising directions of cooperation between the Agency and Azerbaijan. Azerbaijan, having an important petrochemical industry, made a financial contribution to the Chemical Technology Center established under the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, commending the increased attention of this Organization to promote the peaceful use of the chemical industry."

" During 2023, activities were continued to promote the candidacies nominated by the Republic of Azerbaijan for the elective positions of international organizations. In this regard, Azerbaijan’s election to the Executive Council of the World Tourism Organization for 2023-2025, the Subsidiary Committee of the Meeting of States Parties to the 1970 Convention on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit Import, Export, and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property for 2023-2027, to the membership of International Coordinating Council of the Man and the Biosphere programme (MAB-ICC) for 2023-2027 could be mentioned," he said.

Top Diplomat emphasized that the approval of the candidacy of the Republic of Azerbaijan to host the 29th Conference of Parties (COP-29) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the largest event of the UN system, should be especially noted.