Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry has handed Gabonese President Ali Bongo Ondimba an invitation from his Egyptian counterpart, President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, to attend the world summit scheduled to be held during the Climate Change Conference (COP27) in Egypt this year. The world leaders’ summit will take place on 7-8 November.
Shoukry and Ondimba, during their meeting in Gabon, discussed enhancing bilateral cooperation between the two countries in all fields as well as issues of mutual concern on the continental and international levels.
In this regard, Shoukry and Ondimba agreed on the importance of continuous coordination during the coming period to formulate a unified African stance regarding priority issues in the continent.
Shoukry reviewed the Egyptian vision for the most important topics on the agenda of COP27, stressing that Egypt is determined during its upcoming presidency of the conference to express the aspirations of the African countries and their climate-related priorities.
This comes especially as the African continent is one of the regions in the world most affected by the negative consequences of climate change.
