From Climate Warehouse\
Mark Morano
https://www.politico.eu/article/argentina-muls-paris-climate-agreement-exit-with-trump
Argentina considers withdrawing from Paris climate agreement with Trump –
President Javier Milei met with Trump overnight as the two countries discussed withdrawing from the landmark 2015 agreement.
Baku, Azerbaijan – Argentina is considering withdrawing from the Paris Agreement, joining U.S. President-elect Trump in reconsidering the global climate accord.
“We are reassessing our strategy on all issues related to climate change,” the country’s foreign minister, Gerardo Werthein, told The New York Times, adding that the country’s response to climate change There are fundamental doubts about the driving factors. The Washington Post also reported the news, citing an unnamed government official.
Argentina withdrew its delegation from COP29 climate talks in Baku, Azerbaijan this week, just days before the two-week summit. Werthein told The Times that no final decision had been made on the 2015 Paris accord, but noted that Argentina was reconsidering its participation in a deal that “has a lot to cover.”
“We decided to withdraw our delegation and re-evaluate our position, that's all,” Voting said. “I think it's a sovereign right.”
Argentina's embassy in Baku did not respond to a request for comment.
Argentine President Javier Milley has described climate change and international efforts to curb it as “socialist lies”.
He met with Trump on Thursday at the incoming president's Mar-a-Lago club in Florida. Milley is the first head of state to receive Trump in person since he won the November 5 election.
Trump said during the campaign that he would withdraw the United States from the Paris Agreement. America left briefly during Trump's first term. But no other country followed suit.
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