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Eurasia
11/12/2023 22:17
The Eastern European Regional Group selected Azerbaijan to host the 29th session of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP29) in 2024.
Aside from Azerbaijan, Armenia and Bulgaria also submitted bids. On December 7, 2023, however, following direct negotiations between the Office of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Office of the Prime Minister of Armenia, Armenia agreed to withdraw their candidacy in support of Azerbaijan. Bulgaria followed suit and withdrawn its candidacy.
Air China will operate daily flights between Budapest and Beijing from next spring instead of the current four weekly services, making the Hungarian capital the fourth city in the European Union to have a daily direct air connection with the Chinese capital, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó announced on Sunday in Budapest.
President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev and President of Iran Masoud Pezeshkian took part in the Kazakhstan–Iran Business Forum in Astana on Dec. 11, reaffirming the growing economic and strategic partnership between the two countries.
Türkiye ensures and guarantees the route of Russian energy carriers to Hungary, the Hungarian prime minister declared on Monday in Istanbul at a joint press conference with President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.