Media in Romania, Greece, Bulgaria, and Croatia continue to highlight COP29

By Fatima Latifova

The leading media outlets in Romania, Bulgaria, Croatia, and Greece continue to focus on the 29th session of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP29), held in Azerbaijan.

Romania's AGERPRES national news agency, DIGI24 television, and news portal, Bursa newspaper, Mediafax news agency, Bulgaria's BTA national news agency, Dariknews news portal, BTV television channel, Dir.bg news portal, Greece's Capital, Eretikos, Imidones, Sofokleous news portals, Croatia's Jutarnji List, Vecernji, Dnevnik news portals, and other television channels, radio stations, and newspapers have highlighted the high-level organization of COP29 in Azerbaijan in their reports.

These media outlets provided extensive coverage of the event, highlighting its significance and providing detailed information about Azerbaijan. They noted that important decisions would be made during COP29. Special attention was given to the speeches and interviews of Romania's Minister of Energy Sebastian Burduja, Greece's Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Bulgaria's President Rumen Radev, and Croatia's Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovi? during the conference.

The signing of the "Joint Development Agreement" between SOCAR and Asarel Energy with the participation of the Presidents of Azerbaijan and Bulgaria was also reported. Many media outlets extensively covered Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev's speech at COP29. In particular, it was emphasized that President Aliyev strongly responded to the criticisms directed at Azerbaijan during his speech at the opening of the Leaders' Summit. The President's statement that natural resources are a gift bestowed by God was highlighted.

The reports also mentioned that President Ilham Aliyev recalled how, after the 2022 energy crisis, the European Union specifically requested Azerbaijan to supply more natural gas.