The prestigious newspaper of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia “Ash-Sharq al-Awsat” President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev he wrote in his speech at the opening ceremony of the Leaders’ Summit of the 29th session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP29), held in Baku on November 12.
AZERTAC reports that the newspaper drew the attention of its readers to what the president of Azerbaijan said about the inadmissibility of blaming countries for having natural resources and releasing them into the markets to meet demand. The quote notes that President Ilham Aliyev, who called on the world community to be realistic on these issues, stated that Azerbaijan is a strong herald of the “green transition” as president of COP29 and continues to be so.
In the speech of the Azerbaijani leader, the Saudi publication cites the ideas of hypocrisy of several Western countries, which try to preach about the global warming of the planet, but in reality are eager to increase the supply of Azerbaijani gas, and Writes: “Unfortunately, the “Double standards, the habit of teaching other countries and political hypocrisy have become a modus operandi for several politicians, state-controlled NGOs and fake news media in some Western countries.”