Erdoğan Meets UN Secretary-General Guterres on Sidelines of COP31

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan met UN Secretary-General António Guterres in Antalya during the 31st Conference of the Parties (COP31) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.

Those attending the meeting included President Erdoğan’s wife, Emine Erdoğan; Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan; Minister of Environment, Urbanisation and Climate Change Murat Kurum; Health Minister Kemal Memişoğlu; AK Party Deputy Chairman and Spokesperson Ömer Çelik; Presidential Communications Director Burhanettin Duran; and Zero Waste Foundation President Samed Ağırbaş.

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The Turkish Presidency’s Directorate of Communications announced that Erdoğan and Guterres discussed regional and global issues during their meeting.

According to a statement issued by the Directorate of Communications, Erdoğan met UN Secretary-General António Guterres at the Leaders’ Summit held in Antalya as part of COP31.

During the meeting, which focused on regional and global issues, President Erdoğan said Turkey was pleased to assume the COP31 Presidency and that the necessary preparations for a successful conference had been completed. He expressed hope that the meeting in Turkey would serve as a new starting point for tackling climate-related challenges.

Erdoğan said Turkey was continuing its efforts, together with countries in the region, to ease escalating tensions over the dispute between Iran and the United States and to ensure that problems were resolved through dialogue and diplomacy.

President Erdoğan also said Turkey was working to bring the Russia-Ukraine war to an end and was ready to support a new dialogue process.