Azerbaijan's president said countries should not be blamed for having oil, gas and other natural resources or bringing them to the market. Azerba

Oil and gas are a 'gift of god', says COP29 host

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2024-11-12 18:00:06

Azerbaijan's president said countries should not be blamed for having oil, gas and other natural resources or bringing them to the market.

Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev criticised "Western fake news" about the country's emissions and said nations "should not be blamed" for having fossil fuel reserves.

Shortly afterwards, UN chief António Guterres told the conference that doubling down on the use of fossil fuels was "absurd".

Its minister for ecology and natural resources - a former oil executive that spent 26 years at Azerbaijan’s state-owned oil and gas company Socar – is the conference's chairman.

There are also concerns that Azerbaijani officials are using COP29 to boost investment in the country’s national oil and gas company.

But addressing the conference on its second day, President Aliyev said Azerbaijan had been subject to "slander and blackmail" ahead of COP29.

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