President Erdoğan attends COP31 Leaders’ Summit

 

The 31st Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP31) Leaders’ Summit, hosted by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has kicked off in Antalya.

President Erdoğan and United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres welcomed the participating leaders and posed for a photo with each of them before proceeding to the summit venue at Antalya Expo Center.

Following the official welcoming ceremony, the leaders posed for a family photo.

Prior to the Summit, President Erdoğan and UN Secretary General planted olive saplings at the summit venue on the occasion of the November 11 National Afforestation Day.

Minister of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change Murat Kurum and Minister of Agriculture and Forestry İbrahim Yumaklı were also present at the event.