BAKU, Azerbaijan, May 24. At the ITF Summit
2024 in Germany’s Leipzig, more than 1,500 people, including
transportation ministers and specialists from several international
organizations, gathered to discuss “green” transportation, a source
in the Ministry of Digital Development and Transport of Azerbaijan
told Trend.
In its role as the forum’s second vice president, Azerbaijan
submitted its first national pavilion to the summit’s exhibition,
which it co-sponsored with the Ministry of Digital Development and
Transport and the COP29 operational entity.
Rahman Hummatov, the country’s deputy minister of digital
development and transportation, headed a group that represented the
nation at the event.
Addressing the summit, the deputy minister reminded that 2024
was declared by President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham
Aliyev as the “Green World Solidarity Year” in Azerbaijan, and in
November of this year, the country will host COP29.
During his speech, Hummatov detailed several recent
developments: the expansion of the Middle Corridor, the designation
of three regions in Azerbaijan as green energy zones (Karabakh,
Eastern Zangazur, and Nakhchivan), micro-mobility initiatives in
the country, and the complete electrification of the bus fleet
through domestic manufacturing.
The summit featured meetings with delegations from several
countries and international organizations, and the meetings
extensively discussed current cooperation and future prospects.
The exhibition-framed national pavilion provided detailed
information about Azerbaijan’s hosting of COP29 this year.
Additionally, information was presented regarding the reduction
of carbon dioxide emissions in our country’s transportation sector,
projects being implemented within the “Transformation of Mobility
in Azerbaijan” program, and upcoming work.
It was pointed out that a “digital twin” of Baku has been
created, and based on this, work has been done to plan the latest
infrastructure projects and…
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