DAVOS, Switzerland, January 21. We were faced with unjustified criticism over both Eurovision and COP, said President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev as he responded to questions from business representatives from various countries during an event titled “Azerbaijan Executive Breakfast,” held as part of the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Trend's special correspondent reports.
Noting that unjustified criticism was more about COP29, the head of state said: “Especially with respect to COP, we were accused that we are an oil-producing country and how can an oil-producing country host a COP. Though there have been countries before and after Azerbaijan which produce much more oil than Azerbaijan. But the question was about us, and I said that it is not our fault to have oil. We should not be blamed for that. We must be judged by how we manage the oil wealth and how it is fairly distributed in society.”