Turkish vice president meets UN chief Guterres at COP30 in Brazil

By Harun Kutbe, Gizem Nisa Demir

BELEM/ Brazil, ISTANBUL (AA) - Turkish Vice President Cevdet Yilmaz met on Friday UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on the sidelines of COP30 climate change conference in Belem, Brazil.

The two discussed a range of global and regional issues, Yilmaz said on Turkish social media platform NSosyal.

“In our meeting, we comprehensively addressed shared agenda items such as global peace, humanitarian crises, climate action, regional stability, and the strengthening of multilateralism,” he added.

The vice president emphasized Türkiye’s commitment to further enhancing cooperation with the UN.

Referring to Türkiye’s candidacy to host the COP31 climate summit, Yilmaz reaffirmed Ankara’s readiness to work closely with the UN and all participating nations.

“As Türkiye, we confirmed that, should we host COP31, we will strongly maintain a fair, inclusive, transparent, and coordinated cooperation with the UN and all parties,” he said.

“We will continue to make constructive contributions at every level to partnerships for global peace.”