Oil and gas are a “gift of god”, Azerbaijan’s president Ilham Aliyev told the Cop29 climate conference on Tuesday. Speaking to delegates at the United Nations summit, held in the capital city of Baku, Mr Aliyev defended his nation’s fossil fuel resources after some campaigners had criticised holding the event in Azerbaijan.
He added that “countries should not be blamed for having [oil and gas] and should not be blamed for bringing the resources to the market, because the market needs them”.
