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Argentina considers leaving Paris climate accord with Trump
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Argentina considers leaving Paris climate accord with Trump

BAKU, Azerbaijan — Argentina plans to exit the Paris Agreement, joining U.S. President-elect Donald Trump in reconsidering the global climate accord.

“We are reassessing our strategy on all issues related to climate change,” said the country’s Foreign Minister Gerardo Werthein. The New York Timesadding that the country had fundamental doubts about the causes of climate change. The Washington Post also reported the news, citing an unnamed government official.

Argentina withdrew its delegation this week from COP29 climate negotiations in Baku, Azerbaijan, just days after the start of the two-week summit. Werthein told Times no final decision has been made regarding the 2015 Paris agreement, but noted that Argentina is reconsidering its participation in an agreement that “has many elements.”

“We have decided to withdraw our delegation and reassess our position, nothing more,” Werthein said. “I think it’s a sovereign right.”