BAKU, Azerbaijan, January 23. A series of
meetings have been held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, in connection
with the 13th session of the UN-Habitat World Urban Forum (WUF13),
the Azerbaijani Embassy in Ethiopia told Trend.
The embassy noted that meetings were held with Ethiopian
Minister of Urban Development and Infrastructure Chaltu Sani
Ibrahim, Mayor of Addis Ababa Adanech Abiebie, Executive Secretary
of the UN Economic Commission for Africa Claver Gatete,
Commissioner for Agriculture, Rural Development, Blue Economy, and
Sustainable Environment Affairs of the African Union (AU) Moses
Vilakati, and other officials.
The meetings, organized by the Embassy of Azerbaijan, were
attended by Azerbaijan’s Ambassador to Ethiopia and Permanent
Representative to the African Union Ruslan Nasibov, Azerbaijan’s
Ambassador to Kenya and Permanent Representative to the UN-Habitat
Sultan Hajiyev, and Director of the Regional Office for Africa of
UN-Habitat, the main organizing body for WUF, Oumar Sylla.
The meetings provided details on the nature of WUF13, its
preparation process, initiatives, planned events, and activities,
as well as opportunities for participation and collaboration.
The meetings emphasized the importance of the forum, which will
be held under the theme “Housing for All: Safe and Sustainable
Cities and Human Settlements,” in terms of strengthening
international cooperation in the field of sustainable urban
development and highlighting Azerbaijan’s contributions to global
processes in partnership with international stakeholders. Moreover,
the meetings noted that, for the first time in the history of the
forum, a summit will be held with the participation of Heads of
State and Government, as well as a briefing on the interests of
Azerbaijan, recognized as a global urbanization champion, in
cooperation with African states in the field of urban development
under WUF13.
Moreover, most of the meetings highlighted Azerbaijan’s
experience and initiatives related to COP29, as well as the
interconnected impacts of sustainable urban development and climate
change processes, as being of significant importance for Ethiopia’s
hosting of COP32, and expressed a strong interest in further
relevant collaboration.
The Azerbaijani delegation also participated in an event held in
Addis Ababa in cooperation with the Kenyan Government, under the
“Building Climate Resilience for Urban Poor” (BCRUP) initiative,
involving international partners.
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