2023-12-16 22:50:06
By Le Figaro with AFP
Published yesterday at 11:50 p.m., Updated yesterday at 11:50 p.m.
COP28 was held this year in Dubai, in a country also criticized for its dependence on hydrocarbons. AMR ALFIKY / REUTERS
Eight major elected officials from the right and the left strongly denounce in La Tribune Sunday the organization of the 29th UN conference on climate change in Azerbaijan, seeing it as a “COP of shame and dishonor, for France, the European Union and the democracies».
«His outfit would in fact inevitably be used by the regime to whitewash itself of its attacks and attacks on pluralism and human rights.», accuse the mayors of Paris (Anne Hidalgo, PS), Montpellier (Michaël Delafosse, PS), Strasbourg (Jeanne Barseghian, EELV), the presidents of the Île-de-France region (Valérie Pécresse, LR), Occitanie (Carole Delga , PS) and Hauts-de-France (Xavier Bertrand, LR), as well as the leader of the LR senators, Bruno Retailleau, and the former mayor of Marseille, Michèle Rubirola (EELV).
Repression and dependence on hydrocarbons
Azerbaijan will host COP29 from November 11 to 22, 2024, according to a decision adopted Monday in Dubai by COP28. Very dependent on hydrocarbons which represent around half of its GDP, the country obtained the support of Armenia a few days ago, despite the armed incidents which frequently oppose the two countries.
Denouncing Baku’s repression of its opponents, including outside its territory, the eight elected officials believe that this “scandalous designation» is like a “green light given to the dictatorial regime of the clan led by (president) Ilham Aliev».
Moreover, it comes following its “military coup once morest Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh“. The Armenian separatist enclave was completely reconquered last September by Azerbaijan, during a lightning offensive.
«It is imperative to put an end to the impunity of the Baku regime. For this we urgently call on France and the European Union to do everything to ensure that another location is found to host COP29.», conclude the eight elected officials, who also point out the “corruption system» set up by Baku for “expand its influence in Europe».
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