Sisi speech at COP26 to highlight Egypt stance regarding climate change, Presidency spokesperson

CAIRO – 1 November 2021:  President Abdel Fattah El Sisi speech in the World Leaders Summit, which is part of the high-level segment during the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26), expected to shed light on Egypt’s stance and its pillars towards climate change, According to Presidency spokesperson Bassam Rady.

In statements, Monday, Rady said that Sisi will be representing the countries of the African continent as Egypt is about to host the next conference on climate change (COP27) next year.

Rady added that the file of climate change focuses on two aspects: the responsibility of industrial countries blamed for the greenhouse gas emissions that led to the rise in the temperature of Earth; and the suffering of developing nations from the repercussions.

Sisi is also scheduled to hold bilateral talks with world leaders, including with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Rady said.

It will be a strategic one-on-one meeting that will tackle relations between Egypt and Britain at the levels of security, information, defense, politics, trade and economy, the spokesman added.

President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi headed Sunday to the United Kingdom to attend the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26 summit) held in Glasgow on October 31-November 12.

The meetings of heads of state within the conference are taking place on Sunday and Monday.

Spokesperson of the Presidency Bassam Rady stated that the president will focus on climate change topics relevant to developing countries in general, and to African states in specific.

President is also scheduled to hold bilateral meetings with a number of chiefs of state, including UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson.