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Radev presents Bulgaria at the World Climate Forum in Baku

The head of state will deliver a speech at the forum, a conversation with the Prime Minister of Greece Kyriakos Mitsotakis is also planned

Nov 12, 2024 07:12 97

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Today and tomorrow President Rumen Radev will be on a working visit to Baku, Republic of Azerbaijan, where he will participate in the 29th session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP29), dariknews reported .bg.

At the world climate forum, the head of state will lead the Bulgarian delegation, which will include the official minister of energy Vladimir Malinov, the official minister of innovation and growth Rosen Karadimov, representatives of state institutions and agencies, innovative Bulgarian companies and industrial enterprises. The President will be accompanied by his wife Desislava Radeva.

On November 12, Radev will make a national speech at the Climate Summit. Earlier in the day, at the Bulgarian pavilion within COP29, President Rumen Radev will host a high-level forum with a focus on preserving and developing the competitiveness of economies, in view of the European Union's ambitions to achieve zero carbon emissions in the future. Among the participants in the event will be the Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth in the European Commission Iliana Ivanova, as well as representatives of the leadership of the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the European Investment Bank and the European Bank for Reconstruction and development.

On December 13, President Rumen Radev will open a forum in the Bulgarian pavilion within the framework of COP29, together with the Prime Minister of Greece Kyriakos Mitsotakis, at which the energy connectivity between European countries and the promotion of the production and storage of energy from renewable energy sources will be discussed. Within the framework of the event, on a Bulgarian initiative, an intention to accelerate cooperation in this area will be declared together with other countries.

Earlier, at the invitation of the Greek Prime Minister, the Bulgarian head of state will participate in an event at the Greek pavilion at COP29, dedicated to the development of the Vertical Gas Corridor. Bulgaria, Greece, Hungary, Romania, Moldova and Slovakia participate in the initiative to diversify the sources and routes for transferring additional amounts of gas from the south to the north.

President Rumen Radev's program during his participation in the world climate forum includes bilateral meetings with heads of state and government, as well as with representatives of international organizations, according to "Dondukov" 2.