BAKU, Azerbaijan, February 29. On February 29,
the fourth round of political consultations between the Ministries
of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan and Brazil took place in Baku,
Trend reports citing
the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry.

The Azerbaijani delegation was headed by Deputy Foreign Minister
Elnur Mammadov, and the Brazilian delegation was headed by Maria
Laura da Rocha, Secretary General (First Deputy Minister) of the
Ministry of External Relations of Brazil.

At the beginning of the meeting, Maria Laura da Rocha presented
a congratulatory letter addressed to the President of Azerbaijan
Ilham Aliyev on behalf of the President of Brazil Lula da Silva on
the occasion of his re-election as President of the Republic of
Azerbaijan. During the meeting, a wide exchange of views took place
on the current state and prospects for the development of relations
between the two countries in the political, economic, energy,
transport, tourism and humanitarian spheres, especially on issues
such as education, culture, agriculture, organization of customs
work and attraction of investments. There was expressed mutual
support for the creation of a legal framework in these areas

Issues of cooperation within international organizations were
also discussed. An exchange of views took place regarding the 29th
session of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework
Convention on Climate Change (COP29), which will be held this year
in Azerbaijan, and it was noted that this significant event will
create new opportunities for the development of cooperation both
bilaterally and within the framework of the COP-three. In this
regard, detailed information was provided on Azerbaijan’s
contribution to environmental protection and climate change
mitigation at the national, regional and global levels.

Also at the meeting, information was provided on the goals and
priorities of the G20 summit, which will be chaired by Brazil in
November this year, and Brazil’s priorities in this regard.

The meeting provided information on the situation in the region
in the post-conflict period, Azerbaijan’s peace agenda and steps
taken to establish sustainable peace in the region, the mine
problem in the liberated territories of Azerbaijan and large-scale
restoration and reconstruction work.

An exchange of views took place on other issues of mutual
interest during the political consultations.