Foreign Secretary Ambassador Masud Bin Momen paid a courtesy call on Deputy Minister of Energy of Azerbaijan and CEO of COP 29 (Conference of the Parties to UNFCCC) Elnur Sultanov on on 14 June 2024.
During the call Deputy Minister of Energy of Azerbaijan said that Azerbaijan as the next COP Chair is working to ensure better climate financing for developing countries and to ensure that mechanisms already developed under the previous climate conferences like Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) and Loss and Damage Fund provide better outputs for the developing world.
Foreign Secretary assured that Bangladesh will work closely with Azerbaijan over these issues. He said that climate change adaptation is more important to Bangladesh than mitigation and in this area Bangladesh and Azerbaijan can work together. He also proposed to sign an MOU with Azerbaijan for import of natural gas from the country to which Azeri Deputy Minister for Energy responded positively.