November 16, 2025 Meet the Middle East

Turkey proposed joint leadership for COP31 to end hosting standoff with Australia, sources say

ANKARA (Reuters) -Turkey has proposed jointly leading next year's U.N. climate summit with Australia, though the two sides have not yet reached an agreement and the discussions on the hosting standoff remain unresolved, Turkish diplomatic sources said.Australia and Turkey both submitted bids in 2022 to host COP31 and neither has withdrawn, leading to an attention-sapping impasse that must be overcome at this year's COP30 meeting currently taking place in Belem, Brazil.
Source: Al Monitor
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