Al-Burhan Heads to Azerbaijan to participate in the Climate Summit (COP29)

Head of the Transitional Sovereignty Council, Lieutenant General Abdul Fattah Al-Burhan, arrived in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, to participate in the activities of the 29th session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP29), hosted by the city of Baku, under the slogan “In Solidarity for a Green World”.

This conference is a pivotal opportunity to accelerate work to address the climate crisis.

Al-Burhan leads the Sudanese delegation, which includes an elite group of experts and those interested in the field of environment and climate studies.

He will address the work of the Presidents’ Summit, in which many heads of state and government and representatives of regional and international organizations and institutions working in the fields of environment and climate participate, in addition to the Secretary-General of the United Nations Antonio Guterres.

It is worth noting that Sudan will present working papers prepared by a number of Sudanese experts interested in the environment and climate change.

The Sudanese delegation will also participate in the high-level roundtable on transforming ambition into action and expanding the scope of adaptation financing to achieve the global goal on the necessary measures to confront the phenomenon of climate change.

Al-Burhan is accompanied on his visit to Azerbaijan by Ambassador Ali Youssef, the Minister of Foreign Affairs in charge.