Yalchin Rafiyev, Azerbaijan`s Deputy Foreign Minister, participated in a number of events on the second day of the UN High-Level Week.
He expressed his support for the efforts of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation Contact Group on Afghanistan and highlighted Afghanistan’s potential to serve as a connectivity hub through enhanced trade, transit, and energy cooperation.
At the Solutions Dialogue on Energy Transitions, he outlined Azerbaijan’s renewable energy targets and plans to become a regional connectivity hub for clean energy.
At the Solutions Dialogue on Climate Finance, he underscored that climate finance must become more accessible, affordable and effective for developing countries, with stronger system-wide coordination to turn the Baku Finance Goal into meaningful delivery.
At the 7th Caspian Business Forum, he participated in panel discussions on Connectivity, Finance, and Energy along the Middle Corridor, pointing to Azerbaijan's major infrastructure development successes, growing transit and trade volumes along the Middle Corridor, and the progress of the TRIPP initiative.
