President Erdoğan: As Turkey, We Are Opening a Path

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan spoke at the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change 31st Conference of the Parties (COP31) Leaders' Summit held in Antalya.

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan delivered a speech at the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change 31st Conference of the Parties (COP31) Leaders' Summit held in Antalya. Emphasizing that what humanity truly needs is a universal consensus of mercy to be signed between humanity and nature, Erdoğan stated that a cleaner, greener, and fairer world would be the most valuable legacy left to future generations. Stating that they are opening a path today as Turkey and setting a very meaningful target, Erdoğan expressed the justified pride of hosting the COP Leaders' Summit for the first time.

UN Secretary-General António Guterres, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, and guest heads of state and government also took part in the summit. While it was conveyed that COP31 in Antalya is aimed to be an implementation COP, attention was drawn to the environmental devastation, ongoing humanitarian drama, and flood disaster in Gaza, and a call was made to allow the passage of aid.