
Turkish Environment Minister Murat Kurum had a bilateral meeting with Australian Climate Change and Energy Minister Chris Bowen before the Pre-COP Summit in Fiji and evaluated cooperation plans in the COP31 process.
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COP31 is the 31st meeting of the parties to the United Nations framework agreement on climate change, and the Pre-COP Summit held in Fiji is the preliminary meeting held in preparation for this meeting.
Minister Kurum, in his post on his NSosyal account, made the following statements:
"We held a bilateral meeting with the Australian Minister of Climate Change and Energy, Mr. Chris Bowen, in Fiji for the Pre-COP Summit before COP31. We evaluated the point we have reached and went over the steps we will take together during the COP31 process. I believe that the strong approach that Australia will put forward in the negotiations will contribute to achieving balanced, inclusive and implementation-oriented results at COP31."
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Türkiye and Australia will make a joint statement or sign a cooperation document at COP31.
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