President Sisi Invites Abbas to Attend COP27 in Sharm El-Shiekh

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas received an official invitation from his Egyptian counterpart President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, to attend the World Leaders Summit on Climate Change, scheduled to be hosted in Sharm El-Sheikh, next November. 

This came during a meeting between Egypt's Ambassador to Palestine Tarek Tayel at the presidency headquarters in Ramallah.

On his part, the Palestinian President conveyed his greetings and appreciations to President Sisi and welcomed his kind invitation.

Moreover, Abbas praised the fraternal relations that bind the two brotherly countries and peoples, expressing  keenness to strengthen them, in a way that serves their common interest, as well as serving the causes of the Arab nation.

Egypt’s Presidency of the 27th session of the conference of the parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP27) has launched the official logo of the upcoming session of the conference, which will be held next November in Sharm El Sheikh.

The logo highlights the unique cultural identity of Egypt and the African elements of the ancient Egyptian civilization. It also displays the sun, as one of the most important cultural symbols on the African continent, which in turn embraces the Aten sun, which rises over a new horizon.

The sun is the source of life and a sign of hope, one of the deeply-rooted symbol in African civilization, and it’s rising over and setting on the horizons symbolize the cycle of life and renewed hope in a better world. Its rays also symbolize the energy needed for the continuation of life.

Similarly, the sun of Aten, with its rays ending with human hands, expresses the generosity of nature that gives us means for life, welfare, and prosperity. In the middle, a new horizon stretches to express hope for a better future.

The overall design of the logo sends a message of the importance of preserving our planet, as it is time for the international community to show solidarity in face of climate change, which is threatening humanity more than ever before.

In this context, the next session of the conference will focus mainly on implementing the pledges related to confronting climate change, and Africa is at the heart of these efforts.