BAKU — The North Atlantic Treaty Organization Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg on Sunday stressed the need to fight global warming, and called climate change a"crisis multiplier" with implications for global security.Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Nato Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg deliver press statements following their talks in Baku on March 17, 2024.
Praising Azerbaijan for its"important role in delivering gas to key Nato allies", Mr Stoltenberg said"the challenge is that the world needs energy, but at the same time we need to fight global warming". Mr Stoltenberg also hailed Azerbaijan for investing in alternative energies, stressing the country's"great potential" as a supplier of hydropower and solar power to the European markets.
Mr Aliyev said that while his country is a"pan-European gas supplier" it has an ambitious green transition agenda.