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General Directorate of European Union and Foreign Relations / Bulletin

HIGH-LEVEL CLIMATE DIALOGUE

WITH THE EUROPEAN UNION

Minister of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change Murat Kurum met with
the EU Commission’s Executive Vice-President Timmermans and his accompan-
ying delegation within the scope of “EU High-Level Climate Dialogue “. Following
the bilateral meeting at the Ministry and the EU High Level Climate Dialogue Mee-
ting, the two names held a joint press conference.

Fighting Against Climate Change Consulted “We Regard the Green Development and the Process of Circu-
lar Economy as an Opportunity.”
Combating climate change for Türkiye and the European Union,
increasing renewable energy sources, exchange of information/ At the joint press conference held after the meeting, Minister
experience and potential cooperation areas to create new te- Kurum stated that they had the opportunity to discuss, in de-
chnologies were consulted at the EU High Level Climate Dialo- tail, Türkiye’s fight against climate change, actions for the futu-
gue Meeting. After the meeting, Minister Kurum stated that the re and the mutual support between the EU and Türkiye. Stating
meetings would greatly help the common fight against climate that even though Türkiye is one of the countries with the least
change, and further strengthen Türkiye-EU relations and rende- amount of pollution, it has great potential to further reduce emis-
red his thanks to Timmermans for his visit. sions, Minister Kurum added that as a developing country, Türki-
ye regarded the green development and the process of circular
economy as an opportunity and that the President Recep Tayyip

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