PARIS: France’s Atmosphere Minister Agnes Pannier-Runacher will steer clear of the COP29 world local weather change convention in Baku after “unacceptable” assaults by Azerbaijan’s president Ilham Aliyev, she stated Wednesday (Nov 13).
Aliyev had accused France of “crimes” and “human rights violations” in abroad territories together with New Caledonia within the south Pacific, the place 13 individuals have been killed this yr in protests that broke out in Could over a contested voting reform.
“President Aliyev’s phrases towards France and Europe because the COP29 opened in Baku are unacceptable,” Pannier-Runacher informed the French Senate (higher home).
Azerbaijan’s chief was utilizing “the combat towards local weather change for a shameful private agenda,” she added.
Aliyev had earlier charged that “the regime of President (Emmanuel) Macron killed 13 individuals and wounded 169 … throughout official protests by the Kanak individuals in New Caledonia”.
