BAKU, Azerbaijan, February 12. Azerbaijan's
Ambassador to Kenya, Sultan Hajiyev, took part in a briefing
organized by the Kenyan government to inform the diplomatic corps
in Kenya about preparations for the 2nd African Urban Forum (AUF2),
which will be held in Nairobi on April 8-10 this year, a source in
the embassy told Trend.
Speaking at the event, Hajiyev expressed Azerbaijan's interest
in cooperation with African countries on the AUF2 platform, as well
as the opportunities to share the country's global contributions in
the field of climate-resilient urban development and affordable
housing, its extensive experience in post-conflict recovery and
reconstruction, and humanitarian demining with interested
parties.
The ambassador briefed on the preparatory work for WUF13 and
emphasized that the organized and effective participation of
African countries in the summit will be important for the
continent. He also said that Azerbaijan, which has successfully
hosted COP29 and several prestigious international events before
it, has taken serious measures to hold WUF13 at a high level.
The event participants included Kenya's Minister of Lands,
Public Works, Housing, and Urban Development Alice Wahome, the
leadership of the United Nations Human Settlements Program
(UN-Habitat), senior officials of the Kenyan Ministry of Foreign
Affairs and Diaspora Affairs, and ambassadors of more than 40
countries.
Wahome expressed her views on the global and regional importance
of AUF2, which her country organized jointly with the African Union
and UN-Habitat, and its closeness to other relevant international
platforms in terms of substance. She emphasized the importance of
the participation of member countries in AUF2 for the formation of
solidarity of views of African countries in the field at the WUF13
Summit, and highly appreciated the holding of such a summit within
the framework of WUF13 at the initiative of Azerbaijan.
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