Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev lashes out at Emmanuel Macron and steps up defence of oil and gas as regional countries dominate guest list
France has in effect boycotted the COP29 UN climate summit in Azerbaijan after an attack by the host country president, laying bare a divide between the two nations at negotiations where guest lists are dominated by regional neighbours and oil and gas interests have been defended.
The UN lists of delegates and parties also identifies dozens of consultants, led by Teneo, the main public relations adviser to the COP29 presidency. Its global strategy executive Geoff Morrell is a former executive at BP, a major foreign investor in Azerbaijan. Also prominent was the Tony Blair Institute, led by the former UK prime minister, as well as BCG, McKinsey, EY and Deloitte.
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