Argentina withdrew its negotiators from the COP29 climate summit in Baku, Azerbaijan, on Wednesday, the third day of the conference.
“It’s true. We have instructions from the ministry of foreign affairs to no longer participate. That’s all I can tell you,” said Argentina’s Undersecretary for the Environment Ana Maria Vidal de Lamas, the most senior representative of her country at the conference.
The Buenos Aires Herald reported that “at least three government representatives from the Foreign Ministry and the Tourism Ministry were given a ‘non-negotiable’ order to suspend all activities and return to Argentina.”
“The officials in question had not been allowed to participate in the debates of the summit during the two days prior. Delegates sent by Argentine provinces were permitted to stay behind in Baku,” the Buenos Aires Herald added.
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