This is The Guardian.

Today, welcome to Azerbaijan, the oil-loving petro state that's fronting this year's global climate change summit.

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COP29 is definitely the most important event of this year. We have a common challenge and a common goal.

This is how Azerbaijan wants the world to see it.

As a host country, we have a unique opportunity to be the center of the discussions,

to be the bridge between South and north between the developing and developed

countries.

For the past few decades, Azerbaijan has been on a mission to sell itself as a modern, aspirational

nation on the border between Europe and Asia.

In 2012, it hosted the Eurovision Song Contest.

Thank you, Europe.

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