Egypt lays groundwork to host COP27
Cairo is already busy solidifying international support for this year's UN climate conference to be held in Sharm el-Sheikh.
CAIRO — Cairo has recently stepped up its efforts to attract international support for the 2022 Conference of the Parties (COP27) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change to be held in Sharm el-Sheikh in November.
In a Feb. 1 virtual meeting with Egyptian ambassadors abroad, Egypt’s foreign minister and COP27 President-designate Sameh Shoukry called on the envoys to start preparations for the conference.
The Egyptian Foreign Ministry said in a statement issued following the meeting that Shoukry directed “the Egyptian embassies to work with all international parties during the coming period to put forth the Egyptian vision for the conference and garner the necessary support for international efforts to confront climate change.”
Subsequently, the Foreign Ministry convened the heads of diplomatic missions and ambassadors to Cairo to “build the necessary momentum for the next session of the COP27 and inform the diplomatic community in Cairo about the preparatory efforts for the conference,” read its Feb. 4 statement.
