🔶 World leaders begin arriving in Türkiye to take part in climate change summit

The arrival of leaders of countries around the world in Türkiye has begun for participation in the 31st UN Climate Change Conference, known as COP31.

Turkish agency Anadolu has reported that the summit will be held on Wednesday, 20 Aban (11 November) in Antalya, hosted by Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, President of Türkiye, and that 102 world leaders are expected to attend.

According to a statement by Türkiye’s Ministry of Environment, Urbanization, and Climate Change, the COP31 conference will continue until 20 November with the participation of representatives from 196 member countries of the “UN Framework Convention on Climate Change and the European Union.”

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations, Abiy Ahmed, Prime Minister of Ethiopia, Anthony Albanese, Prime Minister of Australia, Lula da Silva, President of Brazil, and Masoud Pezeshkian, President of Iran, are scheduled to deliver speeches at the summit.

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