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General Directorate of European Union and Foreign Relations / Bulletin

EGYPT / COP27

TÜRKİYE’S LANDING

AT COP27

th
The 27 Conference of
the Parties to the United
Nations (UN) Framework

Convention on Climate
Change (COP27), which

encourages parties to

reduce greenhouse gas
emissions, cooperate on

research and technology,
and protect greenhouse

gas sinks, was held in
Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt.

Our country was successfully represented at
COP27 under the chairmanship of Minister
of Environment, Urbanization and Climate
Change Murat Kurum with 595 participants
consisting of members of the TGNA
Environment Commission, deputies, mayors,
ministry authorities and academicians.
Minister Murat Kurum met diplomatically
with his Dutch, German, Pakistani, Qatari,
Slovenian, Egyptian and Azerbaijani
counterparts and COP26 President Alok
Sharma. Minister Murat Kurum addressed
the ministers of the participating countries
at the conference and opened the Turkish
Pavilion established on the fairground.

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