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[-] troyunrau@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 month ago

How did you switch to Azerbaijan?

[-] rottingleaf@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

COP29 is held in Azerbaijan. People are talking as if Taliban going there were weird, but holding any such event in a country culturally and ecologically most similar to Mordor seems weirder.

[-] kent_eh@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 month ago

holding any such event in a country culturally and ecologically most similar to Mordor seems weirder.

Maybe they're hoping for a "This is what your country will look like if everyone continues to ignore this problem" reaction from the attendees?

Or maybe it's just the place that offered the most kickbacks to the organizers...

[-] rottingleaf@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Either Armenia or Azerbaijan could host it, Armenia endorsed Azerbaijan in exchange for them releasing another portion of hostages (the 2020 ceasefire agreement says that all PoWs must be released, so they are hostages ; and of course people captured after that are).

So in this particular case, apparently, kickbacks did not play a significant role. Which is actually rare for Azerbaijan.

Maybe they’re hoping for a “This is what your country will look like if everyone continues to ignore this problem” reaction from the attendees?

Not necessarily hoping, but this is a useful effect actually.

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