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President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan addressed the participants
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at the 77 General Assembly of the UN. President Erdoğan,
who started his speech by greeting the audience, wished
that the General Assembly would be beneficial for the
countries and all humanity. President Erdoğan congratulated
Csaba Körösi, who served as the Chairman of the General
Assembly, and said that he found the theme of “a turning
point for transformative solutions to intertwined challenges”
determined for the meeting of the General Assembly to be
very accurate.
“We will continue to play a leading role in the
protection of biodiversity”
Recalling that Türkiye ratified the Paris Agreement last
year as an indicator of the importance given to the fight
against climate change, Erdoğan said, “With our national
declaration, we announced our net zero emission target
for 2053 and our green development revolution. We will
continue to play a leading role in this field by hosting
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the 16 Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention
for the Protection of Biological Diversity”. Pointing out
that the global economy, which was hit hard due to the
President Erdoğan’s speech was followed by
disruptions caused by the epidemic in the supply chains,
Minister of Environment, Urbanization and
was exposed to another shock wave with the Russia-
Climate Change Murat Kurum, Minister of Ukraine war, Erdoğan said, “Inflationary pressure caused
Industry and Technology Mustafa Varank, by increasing energy, food and raw material prices
Minister of Foreign Affairs Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, negatively affects all economies and social welfare
Presidential Spokesman İbrahim Kalın and worldwide. The only way to illuminate this dark picture
Presidential Communication President Fahrettin facing humanity with the light of hope is to strengthen
Altun from the general assembly. international cooperation and solidarity with a just
and equitable approach. We have entered a period in
which we must act with a common agenda against the
Stating that the meeting was held at a critical
challenges that affect our common destiny”.
time when the world was trying to cope with
multiple threats simultaneously, Erdoğan said
Underlining that Türkiye’s foreign policy vision has always
that the most important lesson learned from been focused on “peace”, Erdoğan said, “We are working
the coronavirus pandemic was international with all our strength to ensure that peace prevails all over
solidarity in solving global problems. Recalling the world, starting from our region”. Stating that they are
that Türkiye has provided support to 161 countries making efforts to resolve conflicts with the mediation
and 12 international organizations without any initiatives for peace they carry out within the UN, Erdoğan
discrimination during the pandemic, President emphasized that they play a constructive role in resolving
disputes in different geographies from Europe to Latin
Erdoğan stated that they have put domestic
America and Africa as mediators and facilitators when
and national vaccine TURKOVAC to the service
necessary.
of all humanity.
Pointing out that Türkiye, as a country located in the very
heart of the region surrounded by conflicts and disputes,
has taken initiatives to ensure that they are part of
solutions, not problems, concluded his speech with the
sentences, “As I have emphasized many times before, we
can win the fight against the scourge of terrorism with
“We will continue to play a leading a sincere and effective international cooperation that
rejects the distinction between terrorist organizations.
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role in this area by hosting the 16 Türkiye, which has been fighting against all terrorist
Conference of the Parties to the UN organizations for years under any name, has the most
natural right to expect sincere cooperation and solidarity
Convention for the Conservation of
from its allies and friends in this regard. We are ready
Biodiversity.” to work with anyone who would like to contribute to the
security, stability, peace and prosperity of the region by
uniting with our country instead of terrorist organizations
and cruel regimes”.
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