'Azerbaijan cannot impose any kind of solution' COP29's host says

'Azerbaijan cannot impose any kind of solution' COP29's tells Euronews, adding that the only way forward at the climate summit is through consensus.

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00:00As COP 29's final week approaches, we got the chance to speak to the foreign policy advisor to the president of Azerbaijan

00:06about the COP presidency expectations for the final agreement.

00:11Azerbaijan as a chairing country and a host country, Azerbaijan will do its utmost best to provide a framework

00:19for a fruitful discussion among the parties.

00:21But we should also accept the fact that Azerbaijan is not the only one and COP belongs to the world.

00:27198 parties are taking part in this process and all parties have their own responsibilities

00:36and their own objectives and expectations from the COP.

00:39As a host, Azerbaijan is in a facilitated discussion.

00:42Azerbaijan cannot impose any kind of solution or any kind of decision to other countries.

00:48It should be a consensus-wise decision of all international and global communities.

00:53We also asked for his response to the international backlash following what have been described

00:57as President Aliyev's attacks against Western governments.

01:01The president of Azerbaijan, Aliyev, he was very open and honest to the wider international community.

01:07Azerbaijan doesn't deny that Azerbaijan is an oil and gas producer country.

01:11But we shouldn't be treated just on oil and gas.

01:14We should be treated only how we are using our resources for the green transformation.

01:19And this COP is based on the real facts and we should also accept inconvenient truths.

01:24What is an inconvenient truth?

01:25There is a major production producer of the oil and gas.

01:29There is also major responsibility on the countries based on the concept of the common

01:34and differentiated responsibility.

01:36George Orlandi at COP29 for Euronews in Baku.