**Georgian PM Meets Azerbaijani President in Baku**
On November 11, 2024, Irakli Kobakhidze, the Prime Minister of Georgia, met with Ilham Aliev, the President of Azerbaijan. The meeting took place during the 29th UN Climate Change Conference held in Baku.
The leaders discussed cooperation on various projects, including energy and security. “We discussed energy and energy security,” said Prime Minister Kobakhidze. “We are connected through very important strategic projects and we also work together to further develop our cooperation in this area, including within Middle Corridor Initiative.”
Both leaders emphasized the importance of security challenges in the region and confirmed their commitment to contributing to peace and stability.
**Kobakhidze Speaks About Environmental Protection**
Prime Minister Kobakhidze noted that Georgia pays a lot of attention to environmental protection. “This is a major challenge for us,” he said. “We wrote the appropriate guarantees on the level of the Constitution, which are related ecology, ecological rights, and rights in the area of environmental protection.”
**Commentary: Elections and Opposition**
While Kobakhidze was in Azerbaijan, senior MPs from eight EU countries visited Georgia. The Prime Minister spoke to journalists about the visit.
“We refused to meet these people because some members of this delegation were directly involved in election campaigning and were themselves breaking the election principle,” stated Kobakhidze.
The PM criticized the members of parliament, saying that “this is not the attitude an European politician should have toward a sovereign nation.”
**Controversial Laws**
Kobakhidze also addressed two laws: the anti-LGBT and the foreign agent laws. He said that “after the changes in the U.S.A., the Americans will adopt the type of legislation that we adopted in Georgia’s Parliament, it is all about protecting family values and minors.”
Irakli Kobakhidze emphasized his willingness to have open discussions with international partners about the Foreign Agent Law, claiming that the politicians had refused such a discussion because “they had nothing to say, either legally or politically.”
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