Jimu News trainee reporter Hu Li
According to Reuters reported on November 1, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan returned to Turkey directly from Italy after attending the G20 summit. He said on the plane that he had decided not to attend COP26 out of dissatisfaction with COP26's security arrangements.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (Source: Reuters)
Erdogan said the relevant security agreement proposed by the Turkish side had not been met, so the trip to Glasgow was cancelled. Erdogan did not disclose the specifics of the security agreement. But a senior Turkish official revealed that one of the disputes over the security agreement was that British authorities had not met Turkey's requirements for the number of vehicles to be secured.
Erdogan said: "British Prime Minister Boris Johnson initially said the security issues had been resolved. But in the end, the problem was not solved. Erdogan also said that the British side was creating difficulties.
Erdogan's complaint is "excusable.". According to the Middle East Times, when Biden attended the G20 summit in Rome, he brought 85 luxury cars with him to meet the pope. Presidential convoys in the United States typically consist of 40 to 50 cars.
Last month, the Turkish government endorsed the 2015 Paris climate agreement, becoming the last country in the G20 to endorse the Paris Agreement. Previously, Turkey had been delaying its endorsement of the Paris Agreement on the grounds that it was not a developed country and lacked funds. Erdogan said last week that Turkey would receive a $3.2 billion loan to help it meet its clean energy goals set out in the Paris Agreement.
A spokesman for British Prime Minister Boris said: "We would love to see Erdogan personally attend COP26. Our Prime Minister will also continue to work to persuade the Turkish government to do more. ”
The COP26 conference has attracted global attention and is also the first world-class conference hosted by the United Kingdom since the epidemic. Before the opening of the conference, there was a lot of negative news, not only the sponsors collectively "turned their faces" to complain to the organizers, believing that the organizers could not hold the summit well, but also suffered from the threat of Scottish railway workers due to the breakdown of labor negotiations and the possibility of a general strike in early November. The UK government said it was a headache: "We will do everything possible to avoid a strike during COP26." In the event of a strike at that time, we will provide limited rail transport services. "In addition, Glasgow, the host city of COP26, has recently experienced torrential rains, resulting in the current suspension of trains between London and Glasgow.
Not only that, there was no tranquility after the opening of COP26, first there were Israeli ministers in wheelchairs who could not attend the meeting because there was no barrier-free access for the disabled at the venue, which caused dissatisfaction with the Israeli prime minister, and then the Turkish president was dissatisfied with the safety management of the summit and withdrew from the COP26 conference. Some netizens commented on this: "Boris's head is going to be bigger again." ”
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