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Thursday, 9 June 2022

We are now officially responsible for COP27

We’ve officially been passed the COP baton: Foreign Minister COP27 President-Designate Sameh Shoukry signed the COP27 Host Country Agreement with UN climate executive secretary Patricia Espinosa while attending meetings with members of the Group of 77 developing countries and China at a UN climate conference in Bonn (watch, runtime: 0:29). The agreement is a legally binding document detailing Egypt’s plans and responsibilities as host of the conference.

Keep the geopolitics out of COP, says Shoukry: Egypt is keen to “distance the climate negotiations from recent geopolitical developments on the international arena” when it hosts the COP27 climate conference in Sharm El Sheikh, Shoukry has said, according to a Foreign Ministry statement.

Also in diplomacy:

  • Egypt and Morocco agreed to restructure the Egyptian-Moroccan Business Council to boost economic cooperation and investment. (Trade Ministry statement)
  • Israel has turned down a US-led plan for a summit with the Palestinian Authority in which Egypt would have participated. (Axios)

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