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FM Heads to Stockholm for Ministerial Meeting on Climate Action


Tue 31 May 2022 | 09:21 AM
NaDa Mustafa

Sameh Shoukry, Egypt’s Foreign Minister (FM), and president-designate of the 27th session of the Conference of Parties on Climate Change (COP27) headed to Sweden’s Stockholm to partake in the sixth ministerial meeting on climate action.

The meeting will be attended by European Commission Executive Vice-President for Climate Change; Canadian Minister of Environment and Climate Change; Chinese Minister of Environment and the UK Secretary of State, along with a galaxy of ministers and officials from different countries and representatives of various parties concerned with international climate action.

During his participation, Shoukry will shed light on Egypt’s views on various aspects of global climate action and the priorities that should be focused on, as a part of ongoing efforts to implement the Paris agreement on climate change as well as the preparation for the 27th session of the Conference of Parties on Climate Change (COP27), set to be hosted in Sharm El-Sheikh next November.

In addition, FM is set to hold talks with his Swedish counterpart, Ann Linde, to discuss ways to boost bilateral cooperation between both countries in various fields, including development, investment, trade, tourism and green transformation.