The decision to host COP29 in Azerbaijan has been unanimously accepted by nearly 200 countries and is an important factor demonstrating our international reputation and respect.

Axar.az reports that President Ilham Aliyev expressed this during his speech at the first session of the VII convocation of the National Assembly.

Emphasizing that there will be no backward steps in foreign policy, the head of state stated that the number of our friends is increasing across all continents. He noted that now, after the Second Karabakh War and the restoration of our sovereignty, we will pursue a more active foreign policy.