President Erdoğan, speaking at the UN Climate Event as part of his participation in the United Nations General Assembly in New York, stated that it was the hottest period of the last year, stated that the Nepal flood disaster was painfully visible, and emphasized that climate targets should be compatible with social and economic realities.
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At the UN Climate Event held in New York within the scope of the United Nations General Assembly meeting, Turkish President Erdoğan explained Türkiye's position by speaking on climate crisis issues such as global warming and floods.
President Erdoğan, who was in New York to attend the 81st United Nations General Assembly, made statements at the UN Climate Event.
Highlights from President Erdoğan's statements are as follows:
"The last year has been the hottest period on record. The flood disaster in Nepal showed very painfully that we have no time to waste anymore.
On this occasion, I would like to once again express my best wishes to the people of Nepal on behalf of my country and nation.
Any proposal that fails to align our climate targets with social and economic realities will be doomed to failure.
It is unrealistic to expect all countries to progress at the same pace while inequalities in access to finance and technology continue. To the extent that we can establish a strong link between climate goals and development and prosperity, we can make the just transition permanent.
With these thoughts, I wish our meeting to be beneficial, and I respectfully greet you all with the hope of meeting with you again in Antalya."

Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Alparslan Bayraktar continued his contacts in New York, USA and attended President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's meeting with Iraqi Prime Minister Ali ez-Zeydi. Bayraktar stated that the electricity interconnections, natural gas and oil pipelines planned within the scope of the Development Road Project will contribute to the energy supply security of Iraq and the region.

At the Türkiye-USA Business Council meeting, President Erdoğan listed the four basic components of the economic program and stated that they were price stability, fiscal discipline, sustainable external balance and structural transformation. He predicted that inflation could be around 20% by the end of 2026, but will finish around 28% due to current conditions. Emphasizing the strategic cooperation with the USA, he said that the USA has come first as an LNG supplier and that he aims to expand cooperation in the energy, aviation and nuclear sectors. It was also stated that energy routes were redrawn, the middle corridor and the Development Path intersected in Türkiye, the defense industry was able to produce at NATO standards and investment packages were implemented.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, after his meeting with President Erdoğan in New York, announced that he supports holding a tripartite meeting at the leadership level in Türkiye to end the Russia-Ukraine War. Zelenskiy stated that Erdogan was ready to host the meeting and emphasized that Türkiye-Ukraine relations are good. He also reminded that the free trade agreement between the two countries was approved in the Ukrainian Parliament and said that it was decided to increase the trade volume from 1 billion dollars to 10 billion dollars. It was stated that Black Sea security and food security issues were also discussed during the meeting.

AKP's bill aiming to declare the March 21 Nevruz Holiday as a public holiday has been prepared and will be submitted to the approval of the MPs in October, when the new legislative year of the Turkish Grand National Assembly will begin. If enacted, the new holiday application will be valid as of March 21, 2027 and the total official leave period will increase to 16.5 days.
Pakistani Prime Minister Sharif met with Syrian President Shara on the margins of the 81st United Nations General Assembly in New York and stated that they exchanged views on strengthening bilateral relations, increasing cooperation in the fields of trade, investment, education and information technologies, as well as the reconstruction of Syria and regional developments.

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan met with Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi on security and cooperation issues in New York within the scope of the 81st General Assembly of the United Nations and reached an agreement on the establishment of state authority in Sinjar and the delivery of the Bashiqa-Zilkan campus to Iraq. He also stated that he supports the normalization of bilateral relations with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy.